Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.4788 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Poland, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Poland recorded 0.4788 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Poland peaked at 0.4788 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.138 LPIA, in 1978.
That places Poland 40th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1394 LPIA | 0.138 LPIA | 0.1407 LPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.1765 LPIA | 0.1765 LPIA | 0.1765 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2562 LPIA | 0.186 LPIA | 0.3136 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3839 LPIA | 0.3277 LPIA | 0.4282 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4639 LPIA | 0.4465 LPIA | 0.4788 LPIA | 5 |
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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 short-cycle tertiary education in Poland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Poland was 0.4788 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4788 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.138 LPIA in 1978.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Poland ranks 40th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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