Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 87.2% in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria, 1995β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 87.2% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2021. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Austria peaked at 87.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 69.9%, in 1995.
Austria ranks 12th of 111 countries on this measure, 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 | 71.8% | 69.9% | 73.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 79.1% | 73.9% | 83.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.7% | 83.0% | 86.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.0% | 86.7% | 87.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 9 Armenia, Republic of 88.6% compare
- 10 Lithuania, Republic of 88.1% compare
- 11 Germany 88.1% compare
- 13 Russian Federation 86.9% compare
- 14 Israel 85.5% compare
- 15 Tajikistan, Republic of 84.1% 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 87.2% 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 87.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.9% in 1995.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 12th out of 111 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 3.9%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release