Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 86.5% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria, 1971β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria stood at 86.5%. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria peaked at 86.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54.0%, in 1971.
Austria ranks 19th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54.0% | 54.0% | 54.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 66.1% | 66.1% | 66.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 75.7% | 66.7% | 78.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 82.1% | 79.6% | 84.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.4% | 84.4% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.7% | 83.6% | 86.5% | 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 86.5% 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 86.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.0% in 1971.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 19th out of 140 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 2.2%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release