Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.7% in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Poland, 2013β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Poland stood at 0.7%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.7% on the previous year and up 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Poland peaked at 0.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2016.
Poland ranks 28th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2 |
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More education data for Poland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 135,357 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Poland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Poland was 0.7% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Poland ranks 28th out of 59 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release