Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
21st
of 100 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8014 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
27
1970–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Poland recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8014 GPIA, in 1970.
Poland ranks 21st of 100 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Poland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8014 GPIA | — |
| 1978 | 0.8708 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 0.9241 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1 GPIA | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9619 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 1 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9784 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9804 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9758 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9775 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9779 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9813 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9824 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9859 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9863 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9894 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9915 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9909 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9959 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9962 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9989 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 1 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Poland's 1 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8361 GPIA | 0.8014 GPIA | 0.8708 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9241 GPIA | 0.9241 GPIA | 0.9241 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9921 GPIA | 0.9619 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9831 GPIA | 0.9758 GPIA | 0.9915 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9965 GPIA | 0.9909 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More education data for Poland
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.55 (2020)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.91 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 322,900 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 15,398 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 776,213 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 735,804 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.33 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.60 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.04 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8014 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Poland ranks 21st out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release