Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria
Austria: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria stood at 1.3%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 93.7% on the previous year and up 145.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria peaked at 1.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2015.
Austria ranks 19th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.8% | — |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -34.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +77.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -41.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +36.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +31.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +20.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -35.7% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +93.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 16 Philippines 1.3% compare
- 17 Germany 1.3% compare
- 18 Switzerland 1.3% compare
- 20 Ireland 1.2% compare
- 21 Belize 1.2% compare
- 22 United Kingdom 1.1% compare
More education data for Austria
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 1.3% 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 1.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Austria ranks 19th out of 72 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 145.5%. 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 programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release