Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Czechia
Czechia: Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary was 91.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Czechia, 1998–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 91.4% for educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Czechia peaked at 91.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 77.1%, in 1998.
That places Czechia 10th out of 142 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Czechia, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 77.1% | — |
| 1999 | 77.9% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 78.5% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 79.2% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 85.5% | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 85.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 86.1% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 87.2% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 88.4% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 88.5% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 89.2% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 89.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 90.2% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 90.6% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 90.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.7% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 91.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 90.8% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 91.4% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 91.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.5% | 77.1% | 77.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.7% | 78.5% | 87.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 88.0% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.1% | 90.8% | 91.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More education data for Czechia
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.7 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Czechia?
- Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Czechia was 91.4% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 91.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.1% in 1998.
- How does Czechia rank for educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary?
- Czechia ranks 10th out of 142 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed upper secondary education.