Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 88.7% in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland, 1997β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland stood at 88.7%.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland peaked at 89.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 72.6%, in 1997.
That places Poland 13th out of 140 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.4% | 72.6% | 73.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 79.6% | 75.6% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 84.2% | 87.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 89.2% | 88.7% | 89.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 10 Armenia, Republic of 91.9% compare
- 11 United States 91.1% compare
- 12 Canada 89.3% compare
- 14 Bahamas, The 88.0% compare
- 15 Latvia 87.7% compare
- 16 Korea 87.0% compare
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 88.7% in 2021, 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 89.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.6% in 1997.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Poland ranks 13th out of 140 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release