Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9962 LPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria, 1997β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria is 0.9962 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria peaked at 0.9962 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8118 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Austria 11th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.824 LPIA | 0.8118 LPIA | 0.8334 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8914 LPIA | 0.832 LPIA | 0.9165 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.941 LPIA | 0.9199 LPIA | 0.9668 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.978 LPIA | 0.9648 LPIA | 0.9962 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.01 LPIA compare
- 9 United States of America 1.01 LPIA compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 1 LPIA compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 0.9803 LPIA compare
- 13 Czechia 0.9754 LPIA compare
- 14 Azerbaijan 0.9703 LPIA compare
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 0.9962 LPIA 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 0.9962 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8118 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 11th out of 105 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 6.1%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release