Over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria
Austria: Over-qualification rates by citizenship was 26.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria, 1995–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria stood at 26.0%.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria peaked at 29.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1997.
Austria ranks 6th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 9.1% | — |
| 1996 | 8.4% | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 6.6% | -21.4% |
| 1998 | 8.8% | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 22.0% | +150.0% |
| 2000 | 21.4% | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 19.5% | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 20.9% | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 18.1% | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 24.6% | +35.9% |
| 2005 | 21.3% | -13.4% |
| 2006 | 22.7% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 23.0% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 21.7% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 21.8% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 23.3% | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 23.7% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 23.3% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 28.9% | +24.0% |
| 2015 | 29.3% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 29.9% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 29.2% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 28.5% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 29.1% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 27.8% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 27.7% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 27.9% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 26.4% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 26.9% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 26.0% | -3.3% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 26.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.1%, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Austria's 26.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 20.0%, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +150.0% | 8.8% | 22.0% |
| 2004 | +35.9% | 18.1% | 24.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.0% | 6.6% | 22.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 21.6% | 18.1% | 24.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.7% | 21.8% | 29.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.1% | 26.0% | 27.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More reference data data for Austria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6222 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2597 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1986 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria?
- Over-qualification rates by citizenship in Austria was 26.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest over-qualification rates by citizenship recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 29.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest over-qualification rates by citizenship recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1997.
- How does Austria rank for over-qualification rates by citizenship?
- Austria ranks 6th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is over-qualification rates by citizenship rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Over-qualification rates by citizenship. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).