Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.914 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria, 1971β2023
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 0.914 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria peaked at 0.914 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4764 GPIA, in 1971.
Austria ranks 91st of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4764 GPIA | 0.4764 GPIA | 0.4764 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5766 GPIA | 0.5766 GPIA | 0.5766 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7104 GPIA | 0.5889 GPIA | 0.7569 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7903 GPIA | 0.7535 GPIA | 0.8146 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8416 GPIA | 0.8187 GPIA | 0.8738 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8936 GPIA | 0.8744 GPIA | 0.914 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 0.914 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 0.914 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4764 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 91st out of 137 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 9.6%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release