Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9386 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria, 1997β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria stood at 0.9386 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria peaked at 0.9386 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7762 GPIA, in 1997.
Austria ranks 67th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7913 GPIA | 0.7762 GPIA | 0.8045 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8333 GPIA | 0.8061 GPIA | 0.8646 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8805 GPIA | 0.8674 GPIA | 0.9128 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9243 GPIA | 0.907 GPIA | 0.9386 GPIA | 4 |
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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria was 0.9386 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9386 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7762 GPIA in 1997.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 67th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release