Czechia vs Italy
Czechia vs Italy: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 89.5% in Czechia in 2014 and 95.4% in Italy in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Italy, by 7.4 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Czechia.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 1960, when it overtook Czechia.
- The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2014.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Czechia | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | 95.4 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | 95.8 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | 96.4 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 89.5 | 96.9 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 89.3 | 97.6 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 89.7 | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 89.2 | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | – | 86 |
| 2005 | – | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81 |
| 2000 | – | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | 99.1 | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | 97.9 | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | – | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | 99.2 | 74 |
| 1980 | 90.2 | 97.2 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 95.1 | 99 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 94.1 | 100 | 69 |
| 1965 | 93.1 | 99.9 | 66 |
| 1960 | 93.1 | 100 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 100 | 90.9 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 95 | 94.5 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 92.5 | 91.6 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 90 | 100 | 40 |
| 1935 | 87.5 | 99.6 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 85 | 94.1 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 82.5 | 75.6 | 33 |
| 1920 | 80 | 87.9 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 77.5 | 77.6 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 75 | 76.8 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 72.9 | 69.6 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 70.6 | 66 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 68.3 | 63.1 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 65.9 | 61.4 | 20 |
| 1885 | 63.4 | 59.7 | 19 |
| 1880 | 60.8 | 57.1 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 58.2 | 52.7 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 55.5 | 43.9 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 52.8 | 33.1 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 50.1 | 29.6 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 47.4 | 26.3 | 8 |
| 1850 | 44.7 | 23.3 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 42.1 | 20.5 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 39.5 | 18 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 36.9 | 15.7 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 34.4 | 13.7 | 4 |
| 1825 | 32.1 | 11.9 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 29.8 | 10.3 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Czechia vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025