Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria

Austria: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female was 40,854 number in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
40,854 number
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
113th
of 206 countries
All-time high
64,095 number
in 1972
All-time low
38,832 number
in 2014
Years of data
51
1970–2020

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria, 1970–2020

020.0k40.0k60.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2020, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria stood at 40,854 number.

The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria peaked at 64,095 number in 1972 and was at its lowest, 38,832 number, in 2014.

Austria ranks 113th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) in Austria, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 63,606 number
1971 64,050 number +0.7%
1972 64,095 number +0.1%
1973 63,647 number -0.7%
1974 62,761 number -1.4%
1975 61,476 number -2.0%
1976 59,893 number -2.6%
1977 57,895 number -3.3%
1978 55,317 number -4.5%
1979 52,452 number -5.2%
1980 49,592 number -5.5%
1981 47,114 number -5.0%
1982 45,097 number -4.3%
1983 43,524 number -3.5%
1984 42,350 number -2.7%
1985 41,536 number -1.9%
1986 40,974 number -1.4%
1987 40,867 number -0.3%
1988 41,433 number +1.4%
1989 42,376 number +2.3%
1990 43,394 number +2.4%
1991 44,055 number +1.5%
1992 44,708 number +1.5%
1993 44,888 number +0.4%
1994 44,826 number -0.1%
1995 44,759 number -0.1%
1996 45,059 number +0.7%
1997 45,153 number +0.2%
1998 45,528 number +0.8%
1999 45,989 number +1.0%
2000 46,334 number +0.8%
2001 46,253 number -0.2%
2002 45,670 number -1.3%
2003 44,561 number -2.4%
2004 43,187 number -3.1%
2005 41,817 number -3.2%
2006 40,843 number -2.3%
2007 40,114 number -1.8%
2008 39,678 number -1.1%
2009 39,454 number -0.6%
2010 39,355 number -0.3%
2011 39,227 number -0.3%
2012 39,049 number -0.5%
2013 38,908 number -0.4%
2014 38,832 number -0.2%
2015 38,842 number +0.0%
2016 38,973 number +0.3%
2017 39,357 number +1.0%
2018 39,802 number +1.1%
2019 40,302 number +1.3%
2020 40,854 number +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 60,519 number 52,452 number 64,095 number 10
1980s 43,486 number 40,867 number 49,592 number 10
1990s 44,836 number 43,394 number 45,989 number 10
2000s 42,791 number 39,454 number 46,334 number 10
2010s 39,265 number 38,832 number 40,302 number 10
2020s 40,854 number 40,854 number 40,854 number 1

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 110 Hungary 44,312 number compare
  2. 111 Portugal 42,740 number compare
  3. 112 Switzerland 41,520 number compare
  4. 114 Panama 37,879 number compare
  5. 115 Oman 37,562 number compare
  6. 116 Mongolia 36,049 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Austria was 40,854 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 64,095 number in 1972.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 38,832 number in 2014.
How does Austria rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female?
Austria ranks 113th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.