Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Czechia
Czechia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 100.0% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
100.0%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
7th
of 37 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2021
All-time low
99.6%
in 2016
Years of data
8
2014–2021
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Czechia, 2014–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 100.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2021. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Czechia ranks 7th of 37 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 99.7% | — |
| 2015 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 100.0% | 2 |
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 rate, completed primary education or higher in Czechia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Czechia was 100.0% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2016.
- How does Czechia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Czechia ranks 7th out of 37 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release