9 answers, 4 from Czechia's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
About 1,003,000 pupils were enrolled in Czech basic schools in the 2025/26 school year, according to the Czech Statistical Office, using Ministry of Education data. Secondary schools had 515,000 students in September 2025, 22% more than in 2018, and nursery schools 348,000 children.
Basic school enrolment rose 14% over a decade and peaked in 2021 to 2022 with the arrival of Ukrainian refugee children, then fell 0.7%. Basic school covers the nine years of compulsory education from age 6.
330,500 students were enrolled at Czech public and private higher education institutions in 2025, nearly one in five of them foreign citizens, according to the Czech Statistical Office. There were 69,000 graduates.
Among Czech residents aged 20 to 29, 23% of women and 17% of men were in higher education. Student numbers fell 27% between 2010 and 2019, then rose 15% by 2025. Study at public universities in Czech is free of tuition fees within the standard length of study.
Primary school teachers in Czechia earned an average gross salary of CZK 55,300 a month in 2025, secondary school teachers CZK 58,400 and preschool teachers CZK 43,700, according to the Czech Statistical Office.
Teachers held 161,900 full-time equivalent posts in September 2025, and schools employed 29,500 teaching assistants, whose average salary was CZK 33,500. The averages include bonuses and are per full-time equivalent; compare them with the national average wage of CZK 51,966 in the second quarter of 2026.
Public spending on education in Czechia was 4.3% of GDP in 2022, according to UNESCO data published by the World Bank, down from 4.7% in 2021.
The figure covers all levels of government and all stages from preschool to university. The gross tertiary enrolment ratio was 66.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO. The Ministry of Education publishes the education budget and its outturn in its annual statistical yearbook.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
89.4%: that is net primary school enrolment in Czechia for 2017, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It is the top of the series, which starts in 2007. It is 37th highest of 45 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 95.7%. World rank, highest first: 97th of 134.
In 2023, gross secondary school enrolment in Czechia was 97.6%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Its high point since 2005 was 2013, at 106.9%; its low point was 2005, at 96.0%. It is 31st highest of 48 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 102.3%. Of 138 countries with 2023 data, 56th highest.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2023, is 66.7%. The peak was 70.8% in 2022 and the low 49.1% in 2005. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 75.9%, and Czechia placed 32nd highest of 49. World rank, highest first: 44th of 120.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts government spending on education in Czechia at 4.3% of GDP in 2022. The peak was 5.7% of GDP in 2015 and the low 3.7% of GDP in 2008. Europe & Central Asia median: 4.5% of GDP; Czechia is 27th highest of 45. Worldwide: 73rd of 155.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts the primary completion rate in Czechia at 98.7% in 2023. The peak was 107.1% in 2005 and the low 93.7% in 2018. Europe & Central Asia median: 97.9%; Czechia is 19th highest of 42. Worldwide: 44th of 131.
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