Education in Austria

3,369 indicators covering education for Austria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 20,539 2024 up 21.0% 100th
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 16,696 2024 up 10.3% 103rd
Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 3.7% 2024 up 14.2% 131st
Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 3.2% 2024 up 5.4% 130th
Government expenditure on pre-primary education, US$ 2,536 millions 2022 up 36.2% 23rd
International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 0.0% 2021 — 144th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 0.8688 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% 52nd
Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 4,762 2024 up 10.8% 110th
Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 4,746 2024 up 12.1% 112th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 13.0% 2023 down 7.2% 73rd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 13.4% 2023 down 5.5% 73rd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 12.7% 2023 down 9.0% 73rd
Proportion of schools with limited drinking water services 0 2023 — 76th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 62.3% 2023 down 0.2% 46th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 58.8% 2023 down 1.7% 48th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 55.6% 2023 down 3.2% 52nd
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 1.4% 2024 up 2.1% 133rd
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 52nd
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 1.3% 2024 up 1.9% 137th
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 3.3% 2023 up 49.8% 66th
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 0 2025 down 100.0% 176th
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 — 1st
Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 — 1st
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 1,944 number 2018 — 92nd
Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant US$ 2,777 millions 2022 up 34.6% 22nd
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 3.0% 2023 up 61.2% 63rd
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 0.7195 GPIA 2024 up 7.6% 131st
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes 156,105 2024 up 11.7% 32nd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 86,443 2024 up 12.9% 32nd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 69,661 2024 up 10.4% 30th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 193,739 2024 up 8.0% 65th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to electricity 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 49.2% 2024 up 0.3% 77th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 1.0% 2024 up 0.5% 77th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 50.8% 2024 down 0.3% 95th
Government expenditure on primary education, US$ 4,369 millions 2022 up 25.7% 31st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 86,440 2024 up 2.1% 64th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 107,299 2024 up 13.3% 65th
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 3.6% 2023 up 41.7% 67th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 9,150 number 2018 — 87th
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ 8,876 millions 2022 down 4.0% 24th
Adolescents out of school, female 1.3% 2024 up 4.7% 141st
Adolescents out of school, male 1.2% 2024 down 15.7% 146th
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 6 years 2020 unchanged 6th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 0 years 2020 — 156th
Proportion of primary schools with single-sex basic sanitation 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Proportion of upper secondary schools with single-sex basic 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 6.1% 2023 up 15.5% 37th
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 603.5 number 2018 — 100th