Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 89.2% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland stood at 89.2%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland peaked at 89.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 74.6%, in 2006.
Poland ranks 5th of 40 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.8% | 74.6% | 77.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 79.7% | 77.9% | 81.5% | 5 |
| 2020s | 88.6% | 88.0% | 89.2% | 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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Poland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland was 89.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 89.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.6% in 2006.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Poland ranks 5th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release