NationMaster - Austrian Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	8.4	[26th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	4.7 students	[29th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years	[85th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4	[166th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8	[10th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.7%	[38th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	14%	[17th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	88.5%	[18th of 135]
Grade 12 advanced students math	436	[16th of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science	435	[15th of 15]
Literacy > Total population	98%	[5th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	515	[11th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$21,804.00	[10th of 22]
Reading literacy	507	[12th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	14.8 years	[17th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.7 years	[19th of 110]
Scientific literacy	519	[8th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	29%	[9th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring	49%	[11th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment	57.7%	[14th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; TIMSS; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Austria, Republic of Austria, Republik Oesterreich, Oesterreich

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