„Completing upper secondary education is particularly important in reducing the risk of unemployment. On average across the OECD, 12.9% of economically active young adults (25-34 year-olds) without an upper secondary qualification are unemployed, compared to 6.9% of those with upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary attainment. Those who go on to gain a tertiary qualification see a relatively smaller further reduction in unemployment, with 4.9% of tertiary-educated young adults unemployed on average across the OECD. This pattern is similar in Austria (albeit at a lower level): 18.3% of young adults without an upper secondary qualification are unemployed, compared to 5.3% of those with upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary attainment and 4.7% of those with tertiary attainment.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Education at a Glance 2025. Austria Country Note (2025), S. 3.