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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland stood at 0.9979 LPIA.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% 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, 0.5794 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Poland 30th out of 100 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 | 0.6653 LPIA | 0.5794 LPIA | 0.7512 LPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.8695 LPIA | 0.8695 LPIA | 0.8695 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9893 LPIA | 0.945 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9799 LPIA | 0.9708 LPIA | 0.9881 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9943 LPIA | 0.988 LPIA | 0.9979 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 0.5794 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Poland ranks 30th 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 1.7%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release