Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Czechia
Czechia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 12.8 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Czechia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 12.8 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Czechia peaked at 12.8 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.33, in 1960.
That places Czechia 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.33 | — |
| 1965 | 9.01 | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 9.56 | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 9.94 | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 10.21 | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 10.43 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 10.83 | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 11.99 | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 12.69 | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 12.73 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 12.8 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.67 | 8.33 | 9.01 | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.75 | 9.56 | 9.94 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.32 | 10.21 | 10.43 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.41 | 10.83 | 11.99 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.71 | 12.69 | 12.73 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More education data for Czechia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25,979 (2013)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Czechia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Czechia was 12.8 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.8 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.33 in 1960.
- How does Czechia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Czechia ranks 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 15.