Australia vs Czechia: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Australia

12.87 years

in 2023

Czechia

12.96 years

in 2023

Australia rank

21st

Czechia rank

18th

Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling over time

Czechia currently reports 12.96 years against 12.87 years in Australia, a difference of 0.0932 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 21st and Czechia ranks 18th of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.