Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria
Austria: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 11.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 11.6% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria peaked at 12.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 2007.
That places Austria 52nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7.6% | — |
| 2008 | 8.6% | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 10.0% | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 8.4% | -16.1% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 11.6% | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 12.6% | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 11.6% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 11.5% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 11.6% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.7% | 7.6% | 10.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 8.4% | 12.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 11.5% | 12.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More education data for Austria
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria was 11.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 12.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 2007.
- How does Austria rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Austria ranks 52nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release