Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia
Czechia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 88.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia is 88.5%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Czechia peaked at 88.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 1998.
Czechia ranks 14th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.5% | 69.0% | 70.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 76.0% | 70.4% | 81.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.2% | 82.6% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.3% | 87.9% | 88.5% | 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 88.5% 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 88.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 1998.
- How does Czechia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Czechia ranks 14th out of 141 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 4.5%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release