Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia
Czechia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 88.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia is 88.9%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia peaked at 88.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.2%, in 2002.
That places Czechia 6th out of 40 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 73.2% | — |
| 2003 | 74.6% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 75.4% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 76.8% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 77.7% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 78.0% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 78.5% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 85.6% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 86.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 86.7% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 88.2% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 88.6% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.3% | 73.2% | 78.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 85.6% | 87.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 88.6% | 88.2% | 88.9% | 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 rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia was 88.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 88.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.2% in 2002.
- How does Czechia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Czechia ranks 6th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release