Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Austria
Austria: Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita was 1.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 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 primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Austria stood at 1.4%.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Austria peaked at 2.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2021.
That places Austria 145th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.7% | — |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -24.1% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +22.5% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | +58.3% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -23.2% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | +48.9% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -33.4% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +76.8% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 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 share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Austria?
- Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Austria was 1.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does Austria rank for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita?
- Austria ranks 145th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) not enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.