Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 GPIA in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 37 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2014
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 2018
Years of data
8
2014–2021
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria, 2014–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Austria recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2021. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Austria 13th out of 37 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More education data for Austria
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 35,752 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.31 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria was 1 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2018.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Austria ranks 13th out of 37 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release