Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Poland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5794 LPIA | — |
| 1978 | 0.7512 LPIA | +29.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8695 LPIA | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 1 LPIA | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.945 LPIA | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 1 LPIA | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9725 LPIA | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9752 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9708 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9721 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.975 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9788 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9812 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9837 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9835 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9862 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9881 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.988 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9935 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.995 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9971 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9979 LPIA | +0.1% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 0.9979 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 100% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Poland's 0.9979 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 100% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +29.7% | 0.5794 LPIA | 0.7512 LPIA |
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
- 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 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.
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February 2026 Data Release