Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Poland
Poland: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total was 5.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Poland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Poland recorded 5.99 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Poland peaked at 7.88 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5.99, in 1960.
That places Poland 16th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.99 | — |
| 1965 | 6.3 | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 6.59 | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 6.64 | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 7.81 | +17.6% |
| 1985 | 7.73 | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 7.88 | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 7.82 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 7.79 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 7.83 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 5.99 | -23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.14 | 5.99 | 6.3 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.62 | 6.59 | 6.64 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.77 | 7.73 | 7.81 | 2 |
| 1990s | 7.85 | 7.82 | 7.88 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.81 | 7.79 | 7.83 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.99 | 5.99 | 5.99 | 1 |
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More education data for Poland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 117,904 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17,453 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 840,254 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 557,268 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Poland?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Poland was 5.99 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 7.88 in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.99 in 1960.
- How does Poland rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Poland ranks 16th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 15-19.