„Expenditure on primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education for core educational services, ancillary services, and research and development (R&D) amount to 3.1 % of GDP in Austria, below the OECD average of 3.6 %. […] Expenditure on tertiary education for core educational services, ancillary services and R&D account for 1.7 % of GDP, slightly above the OECD average of 1.5 %.“
OECD (Hrsg.), „Education at a Glance 2017. Country Note Austria“ (2017), S. 4