Over-age students, primary in Czechia
Czechia: Over-age students, primary was 10.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Czechia, 1999–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 10.5% for over-age students, primary in 2017.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Czechia peaked at 13.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2015.
That places Czechia 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13.3% | — |
| 2007 | 13.5% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 12.1% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 10.7% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 10.3% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 10.5% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.7% | 12.1% | 13.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 10.3% | 12.2% | 8 |
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More education data for Czechia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Czechia?
- Over-age students, primary in Czechia was 10.5% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2015.
- How does Czechia rank for over-age students, primary?
- Czechia ranks 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.