Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9979 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Poland recorded 0.9979 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland peaked at 1 LPIA in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6587 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Poland 31st out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7397 LPIA | 0.6587 LPIA | 0.8206 LPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9194 LPIA | 0.9194 LPIA | 0.9194 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9947 LPIA | 0.9704 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9921 LPIA | 0.9876 LPIA | 0.9957 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9976 LPIA | 0.9962 LPIA | 0.9983 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 105.36 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (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 0.9979 LPIA 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 LPIA in 2000.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6587 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Poland ranks 31st out of 99 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 0.5%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release