Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Austria
Austria: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 86.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Austria, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Austria stood at 86.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Austria peaked at 86.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.6%, in 2001.
Austria ranks 47th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.0% | 71.6% | 79.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.0% | 81.8% | 85.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.2% | 84.1% | 86.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More education data for Austria
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 35,752 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.32 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Austria?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Austria was 86.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.6% in 2001.
- How does Austria rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Austria ranks 47th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.