Education in Austria

3,369 indicators covering education for Austria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School enrollment, primary 88.6% 2017 up 0.5% 129th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% 31st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.1% 2016 down 95.7% 163rd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% 17th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 99.5% 2023 up 0.3% 17th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.3% 2016 down 88.8% 162nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 95.8% 2024 down 2.6% 61st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 97.5% 2018 up 3.9% 32nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 11,318 2023 up 49.1% 32nd
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 12,210 2023 up 46.4% 60th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 137 2023 up 7.0% 67th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 61 2023 up 64.9% 103rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 530 2023 up 25.0% 95th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 12 2023 up 71.4% 88th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 8 2023 up 166.7% 99th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 5 2023 unchanged 81st
Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 18th
Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 5th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 25,366 number 2017 up 169.5% 31st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 80.6% 108th
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 6.0% 2024 up 0.4% 147th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 170.8% 92nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 86.3% 81st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 30.4% 79th
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9991 GPI 2018 up 0.4% 105th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 87 2023 down 9.4% 61st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 87 2023 down 7.4% 50th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 up 36.0% 79th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 5.0% 2023 up 59.1% 69th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 4.6% 2023 up 62.0% 29th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 16.3% 61st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 0.6% 64th
Share of primary school teachers who are women 91.4% 2024 down 0.0% 28th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 1.2% 68th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.8639 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 69th
Share of students studying abroad 6.2% 2023 up 64.9% 81st
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 7,044 2024 up 60.0% 59th
End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st
Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 unchanged 24th
End month of the academic school year 6 2025 unchanged 105th
Enrolment in primary education, female 163,950 number 2018 up 0.5% 122nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 96.1% 2024 down 2.4% 66th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 95.5% 2024 down 2.9% 57th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% 120th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 6.0% 2017 up 21.5% 53rd
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 2,819 2024 up 42.9% 83rd
Over-age students, primary 13.5% 2017 up 1.4% 46th
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 2,361 2024 up 71.0% 81st
Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 1,474 2024 up 55.2% 96th
Secondary education, teachers 64.3% 2024 down 0.6% 72nd
School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% 2016 up 0.9% 99th
School enrollment, primary, male 88.0% 2016 up 0.4% 111th
Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years 2020 down 16.7% 133rd
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 12 2025 up 33.3% 5th
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 1 2025 unchanged 32nd
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 27.5% 2024 down 2.8% 105th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity 1 GPI 2017 down 0.9% 97th
Over-age students, primary, male 14.3% 2017 up 0.5% 48th
Over-age students, primary, female 12.5% 2017 up 2.6% 45th
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9991 index 2024 down 0.3% 106th