Over-age students, primary in Austria
Austria: Over-age students, primary was 13.5% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Over-age students, primary in Austria, 1971–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Austria recorded 13.5% for over-age students, primary in 2017. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Austria peaked at 13.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 1989.
That places Austria 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Austria, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 11.9% | — |
| 1972 | 12.3% | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 12.2% | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 12.1% | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 12.1% | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 12.3% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 10.7% | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 12.0% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 12.3% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 12.9% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 12.9% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 12.9% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 12.7% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 12.7% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 13.1% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.2% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 6 |
| 1980s | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.8% | 12.0% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 12.1% | 13.5% | 8 |
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.31 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Austria?
- Over-age students, primary in Austria was 13.5% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 1989.
- How does Austria rank for over-age students, primary?
- Austria ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.