Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Slovakia
Slovakia: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 23.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Slovakia, 2012–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 23.4% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Slovakia peaked at 23.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 2012.
That places Slovakia 25th out of 40 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15.2% | — |
| 2013 | 16.5% | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 18.1% | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 18.4% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 19.3% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 20.3% | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 20.8% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 21.1% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 23.1% | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 23.4% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.4% | 15.2% | 20.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 22.5% | 21.1% | 23.4% | 3 |
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More education data for Slovakia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,530 (2024)
- 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 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Slovakia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Slovakia was 23.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2% in 2012.
- How does Slovakia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Slovakia ranks 25th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release