9 answers, 3 from Austria's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
92.1% of candidates passed the standardised school-leaving exam (Matura) at the main sitting in summer 2025, up from 89.9% in 2024, according to Statistik Austria. 39,825 candidates took part.
The figures cover the main sitting (Haupttermin) of the standardised exam, not later resit dates. The Matura is the entry qualification for university. Statistik Austria's release breaks results down by school type, such as academic secondary schools and vocational colleges, and by sex.
407,485 students were enrolled at Austrian higher education institutions in the winter semester 2025/26, 1.9% more than a year earlier, according to Statistik Austria. 62,850 degrees were completed in the 2024/25 academic year.
The count includes public and private universities, universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) and university colleges of teacher education. The degree count includes bachelor, master, diploma and doctoral degrees.
1,185,525 pupils attended school in Austria in the 2024/25 school year, according to Statistik Austria. 376,203 of them were at primary school.
The school statistics count every pupil at public and private schools, including vocational schools for apprentices. Primary school covers the first four years, usually from age six. The release also gives numbers by school type and province; vocational schools for apprentices (Berufsschulen) had 116,047 pupils.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts net primary school enrolment in Austria at 88.6% in 2017. Its high point since 2005 was 2016, at 88.8%; its low point was 2011, at 87.2%. It is 38th highest of 45 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 95.7%. World rank, highest first: 98th of 134.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts gross secondary school enrolment in Austria at 100.6% in 2024. Since 2005 it has ranged from 99.7% (2011) to 102.3% (2021). It is 19th highest of 34 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 101.1%. Worldwide: 33rd of 100.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, gross tertiary enrolment in Austria was 92.6% in 2024. The peak was 94.5% in 2022 and the low 63.8% in 2007. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 71.1%, and Austria placed 5th highest of 34. Worldwide: 8th of 90.
In 2022, government spending on education in Austria was 5.3% of GDP, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The peak was 5.8% of GDP in 2009 and the low 5.2% of GDP in 2007. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 4.5% of GDP, and Austria placed 12th highest of 45. Of 155 countries with 2022 data, 39th highest.
10: that is the number of primary pupils per teacher in Austria for 2017, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2005. Europe & Central Asia median: 13; Austria is 34th highest of 39. Worldwide: 123rd of 130.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts the primary completion rate in Austria at 96.7% in 2024. Its high point since 2011 was 2011, at 100.6%; its low point was 2012, at 96.5%. It is 22nd highest of 30 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 98.2%. Worldwide: 49th of 104.
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