Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8299 GPIA in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria, 1996β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria is 0.8299 GPIA, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria peaked at 0.8319 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6418 GPIA, in 1996.
Austria ranks 73rd of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6604 GPIA | 0.6418 GPIA | 0.6686 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.7417 GPIA | 0.6891 GPIA | 0.7646 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8015 GPIA | 0.779 GPIA | 0.8319 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8293 GPIA | 0.8287 GPIA | 0.8299 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)
- 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 0.8299 GPIA in 2021, 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 0.8319 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6418 GPIA in 1996.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 73rd out of 107 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release