Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland, 1970β2024
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.
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
- 18 Belarus, Republic of 1 GPIA compare
- 19 Moldova, Republic of 1 GPIA compare
- 20 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1 GPIA compare
- 22 Estonia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Australia 1 GPIA compare
- 24 Czechia 1 GPIA compare
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 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