Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Czechia
Czechia: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 99.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Czechia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Czechia stood at 99.7%.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Czechia peaked at 106.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 96.9%, in 2016.
Czechia ranks 119th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 104.6% | 101.5% | 106.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 96.9% | 101.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.5% | 99.7% | 101.7% | 4 |
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More education data for Czechia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 25,979 (2013)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.46 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Czechia?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Czechia was 99.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 106.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.9% in 2016.
- How does Czechia rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Czechia ranks 119th out of 217 countries with data for 2023.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.