Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Austria
Austria: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.32 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Austria, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Austria recorded 1.32 live births per woman for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Austria peaked at 2.82 live births per woman in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1.32 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Austria 208th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.3 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 2.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.69 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 2.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.87 live births per woman | 1.6 live births per woman | 2.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.54 live births per woman | 1.44 live births per woman | 1.67 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.34 live births per woman | 1.52 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.39 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | 1.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.47 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.53 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.39 live births per woman | 1.32 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 5 |
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More education data for Austria
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 35,752 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Austria?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Austria was 1.32 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.82 live births per woman in 1963.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.32 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Austria rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Austria ranks 208th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.