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
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Poland is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% 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, 0.8782 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Poland 25th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9028 GPIA | 0.8782 GPIA | 0.9273 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9607 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9958 GPIA | 0.9796 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9911 GPIA | 0.9872 GPIA | 0.996 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9986 GPIA | 0.9963 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 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)
- 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 0.8782 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Poland ranks 25th out of 133 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 1.1%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release