Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria
Austria: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 8.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 8.4% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria peaked at 9.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 2015.
Austria ranks 30th of 123 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7.7% | — |
| 2014 | 8.8% | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 8.0% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 8.8% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.3% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More education data for Austria
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 366,649 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4702 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 276,153 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.0159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 442,235 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 32,675 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3,077 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 242,725 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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 8.4% 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 9.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Austria ranks 30th out of 123 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 down 4.7%. 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 Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release