Upper secondary completion in Austria
In Austria, 85.3% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2021.
Austria, 2021
85.3%
Change from 2020
+0.7percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2021
87.5%
Upper secondary completion in Austria over time
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 85.3% |
| 2020 | 84.6% |
| 2019 | 85.8% |
| 2018 | 86.5% |
| 2017 | 86.5% |
| 2016 | 88.8% |
| 2015 | 88.0% |
| 2014 | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 85.9% |
| 2012 | 84.8% |
| 2011 | 84.1% |
| 2010 | 84.3% |
| 2009 | 84.8% |
| 2008 | 83.3% |
| 2007 | 82.8% |
| 2006 | 84.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 84.6% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 84.1%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
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98.0%
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Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
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Adult participation in learning
16.1%
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ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
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