Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.6265 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 0.6265 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Poland peaked at 0.6288 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1327 LPIA, in 1978.
Poland ranks 32nd of 87 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.1578 LPIA | 0.1327 LPIA | 0.183 LPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.219 LPIA | 0.219 LPIA | 0.219 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3706 LPIA | 0.3021 LPIA | 0.441 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5331 LPIA | 0.4499 LPIA | 0.5816 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6002 LPIA | 0.5773 LPIA | 0.6288 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)
- 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 0.6265 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 0.6288 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1327 LPIA in 1978.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Poland ranks 32nd out of 87 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 19.4%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release