Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria
Austria: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 9.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria stood at 9.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria peaked at 13.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2024.
Austria ranks 7th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12.7% | — |
| 2014 | 13.1% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 9.7% | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 9.5% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.1% | 11.2% | 13.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 9.5% | 11.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 4 Rwanda 10.0% compare
- 5 Samoa 9.9% compare
- 6 Philippines 9.5% compare
- 8 Korea 9.2% compare
- 9 Seychelles 8.8% compare
- 10 El Salvador 8.5% compare
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Austria was 9.5% 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 13.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Austria ranks 7th out of 122 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 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Services programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release