Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Austria

Population with tertiary education in Austria in 2021 — 14.88%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 84. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 3.01 pp.

2021 14.88% −1.09 pp vs 2020
World rank 54of 84
Period maximum 15.97%2020
Period minimum 11.87%2014

Trend over time

2014–2021 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Austria, 2014–202110121416201420152016201720182019202020212014: 11.87%2015: 13.08%2016: 13.46%2017: 14.25%2018: 14.8%2019: 15.36%2020: 15.97%2021: 14.88%
Change over the period: +3.01 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Austria

Austria 14.88%
Europe & Central Asia computed 28.48%
Western Europe computed 28.05%
Population with tertiary education — Austria, by year Austria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 14.88 −1.09 pp
2020 15.97 +0.61 pp
2019 15.36 +0.57 pp
2018 14.8 +0.55 pp
2017 14.25 +0.79 pp
2016 13.46 +0.37 pp
2015 13.08 +1.21 pp
2014 11.87

Western Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.