Education

The proportion of people with higher levels of education continues to increase. In the 2021 Census, 53.1% of the population aged 15 years and older whose educational attainment was recorded already had at least a full secondary education (with graduation) or higher. People with a secondary education or an apprenticeship without graduation made up about one-third of the population, as did those with a full secondary education with graduation. The proportion of the population with tertiary education was 18.7%.
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Population aged 15 and over by highest educational attainment

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Age pyramids by education – Census 1991 – 2021

 

 

Population aged 15 and over by highest educational attainment in 1991 – 2021

 in 1991 and 2001 by permanent residence, in 2011 and 2021 by usual residence
Czech Republic

Year of the Census

Population
aged
15 years and over

by the highest educational attainment

no education

 lower secondary or
primary education		 secondary, incl.
vocational (without
graduation)		 upper or post
secondary
education		 post-secondary
professional
education,
conservatoire

tertiary education

not identified

1991

 8 136 422 27 768 2 695 812 2 878 564 1 857 815 9 138 582 821 84 504

2001

 8 571 715 37 922 1 974 781 3 254 921 2 322 623 108 111 762 235 111 122

2011

 8 912 005 41 632 1 568 732 2 948 280 2 670 725 116 988 1 113 887 451 761

2021

 8 832 407 56 100 1 107 860 2 736 983 2 729 091 138 588 1 552 407 511 378

 

Population aged 15 and over by highest educational attainment and region

The Capital City of Prague stood out significantly with the highest share of people with tertiary education, which reached 35.9%, followed by the Jihomoravský region with a share of 21.8%. Prague also had an above-average share of inhabitants with secondary education with  graduation or higher (37.3%) and, on the contrary, the lowest share of inhabitants with primary or lower secondary education (8.3%) and secondary, incl. vocational without graduation (18.1%).  At the other end of the regional ranking was the Karlovarský region with the lowest share of 10.5% of the university educated and the highest share of people with no formal education (1.3%) and with primary or lower secondary education (18.4%).

 

by usual residence
Census 2021

Region

Population
aged
15 years and over

by the highest educational attainment
no education lower secondary or
primary education		 secondary, incl.
vocational (without
graduation)		 upper or post
secondary
education		 post-secondary
professional
education,
conservatoire		 tertiary education not identified

Czech Republic

 8 832 407 56 100 1 107 860 2 736 983 2 729 091 138 588 1 552 407 511 378

Prague, the capital of

 1 102 063 3 916 85 743 187 884 361 420 24 906 371 351 66 843

Středočeský kraj

 1 162 092 6 682 141 349 354 022 378 109 20 836 196 805 64 289

Jihočeský kraj

 530 545 3 052 67 839 177 523 164 649 8 322 79 899 29 261

Plzeňský kraj

 490 442 3 037 64 163 162 010 151 830 7 896 70 888 30 618

Karlovarský kraj

 236 517 2 779 39 915 81 345 66 737 3 062 22 803 19 876

Ústecký kraj

 662 139 7 794 110 309 223 213 189 331 8 024 68 782 54 686

Liberecký kraj

 363 889 2 817 49 895 124 205 108 828 4 975 48 054 25 115

Královéhradecký kraj

 453 626 2 711 57 514 154 031 143 910 7 113 63 077 25 270

Pardubický kraj

 427 281 2 656 53 808 149 516 132 997 7 375 58 987 21 942

Kraj Vysočina

 418 463 2 045 51 793 153 400 130 037 6 922 56 276 17 990

Jihomoravský kraj

 1 003 977 4 947 121 166 301 905 304 647 15 190 207 890 48 232

Olomoucký kraj

 521 624 3 633 66 923 174 363 160 512 7 209 81 795 27 189

Zlínský kraj

 477 032 2 524 61 957 164 718 146 065 5 855 74 338 21 575

Moravskoslezský kraj

 982 717 7 507 135 486 328 848 290 019 10 903 151 462 58 492

 

Population by highest educational attainment and territory

State, Cohesion Region, Region, District, Administrative district of municipality with extended powers, Administrative district of the capital city of Praha, Municipality, City part

 

Comparison of regions

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