Early school leavers

Long-term trends

In Austria, the number of early school leavers as a proportion of the corresponding age group has decreased since the mid-1990s and by now is significantly below EU average.

The term early school leavers (or more accurately: early leavers from education and training) refers to people between 18 and 24 years of age whose highest qualification is below upper secondary level and who are not participating in education, training or further education.

Since 2014, according to ISCED 2011 the successful completion of the third grade of a five-year College for higher vocational education has been classified as attainment of ISCED level 3; previously, under ISCED97 this certificate was included in attainment on ISCED level 2.

Current results

In 2018, the proportion of early school leavers was 7.8% (EU-27: 10.2%). Consequently, a total of around 51 000 people in Austria had no further educational qualifications, of whom almost 31 000 were young men and 20 000 were young women. Please consult our German website for tables and charts containing further information.

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Bildung in Zahlen 2018/19 - Schlüsselindikatoren und Analysen
Education in figures 2018/19 gives an overview about the state of education in Austria. Results and indicators of different statistical domains are presented in form of texts, tables and figures by ...

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Bildung in Zahlen 2018/19 - Tabellenband
This volume of tables, part of the publication Bildung in Zahlen (Education in figures), supplements the "Key indicators and analyses" volume and provides, in tabular form, comprehensive and detailed ...

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Bildung in Zahlen 2017/18 - Schlüsselindikatoren und Analysen
Education in figures 2017/18 gives an overview about the state of education in Austria. Results and indicators of different statistical domains are presented in form of texts, tables and figures by ...

Release date: 06/2019 ISBN:978-3-903264-12-0

 
 

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Bildung in Zahlen 2017/18 - Tabellenband
This volume of tables, part of the publication Bildung in Zahlen (Education in figures), supplements the "Key indicators and analyses" volume and provides, in tabular form, comprehensive and detailed ...

Release date: 06/2019 ISBN:978-3-903264-08-3

 
 

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Bildung in Zahlen 2016/17 - Schlüsselindikatoren und Analysen
Education in figures 2016/17 gives an overview about the state of education in Austria. Results and indicators of different statistical domains are presented in form of texts, tables and figures by ...

Release date: 04/2018 ISBN:978-3-903106-77-2

 
 

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Bildung in Zahlen 2016/17 - Tabellenband
This volume of tables, part of the publication Bildung in Zahlen (Education in figures), supplements the "Key indicators and analyses" volume and provides, in tabular form, comprehensive and detailed ...

Release date: 04/2018 ISBN:978-3-903106-76-5

 
 

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