Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Czechia

Gross tertiary enrolment in Czechia was 66.7% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Czechia, 2023 66.7% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 −4.1percentage points 2022: 70.8%
European Union, 2023 79.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 80.0% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2023 47th of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Czechia over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period CzechiaEuropean Union
2024 – 79.5%
2023 66.7% 79.5%
2022 70.8% 79.6%
2021 69.8% 77.9%
2020 67.2% 75.0%
2019 66.9% 74.0%
2018 66.8% 72.9%
2017 67.7% 71.8%
2016 67.5% 70.5%
2015 67.2% 69.8%
2014 67.4% 68.7%
2013 66.3% 67.6%
2012 66.9% 67.4%
2011 66.8% 67.5%
2010 64.9% 66.9%
2009 61.4% 65.6%
2008 57.9% 64.5%
2007 54.2% 63.5%
2006 49.9% 62.8%
2005 49.1% 61.6%
2004 45.4% 60.0%
2003 39.2% 58.0%
2002 36.9% 55.7%
2001 32.0% 53.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.1 percentage points from 70.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 66.3%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Czechia has the 47th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 79.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2023 for Czechia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics