Average years of schooling among adults in Czechia
Czechia: Average years of schooling among adults was 12.96 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Czechia, 1990–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, average years of schooling among adults in Czechia stood at 12.96 years. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Czechia peaked at 12.96 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9.11 years, in 1990.
Czechia ranks 18th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.95 years | 9.11 years | 10.8 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.75 years | 10.99 years | 12.29 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.65 years | 12.39 years | 12.87 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.95 years | 12.92 years | 12.96 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More education data for Czechia
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.7% (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 average years of schooling among adults in Czechia?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Czechia was 12.96 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.96 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.11 years in 1990.
- How does Czechia rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Czechia ranks 18th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.