Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia
Czechia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 82.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia, 2004–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia is 82.8%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia peaked at 82.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 51.4%, in 2004.
Czechia ranks 8th of 33 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 51.4% | — |
| 2005 | 56.7% | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 74.2% | +30.7% |
| 2015 | 75.6% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 76.6% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 77.4% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 75.3% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 76.8% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 81.4% | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 81.2% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 81.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 82.8% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.1% | 51.4% | 56.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 76.0% | 74.2% | 77.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 81.2% | 82.8% | 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 82.8% 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 82.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.4% in 2004.
- How does Czechia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Czechia ranks 8th out of 33 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 11.7%. 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, immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release