Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 99.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland, 2010–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Poland recorded 99.7% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland peaked at 99.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 92.2%, in 2010.
That places Poland 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.5% | 92.2% | 97.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 98.2% | 96.8% | 99.7% | 2 |
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 99.7% in 2023, 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 99.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.2% in 2010.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Poland ranks 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release