Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9551 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland stood at 0.9551 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland peaked at 0.9551 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7108 GPIA, in 2007.
That places Poland 23rd out of 33 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7655 GPIA | 0.7108 GPIA | 0.8319 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7849 GPIA | 0.7403 GPIA | 0.8214 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9401 GPIA | 0.9251 GPIA | 0.9551 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 20 Belgium 0.9658 GPIA compare
- 21 Czechia 0.9649 GPIA compare
- 22 Switzerland 0.9571 GPIA compare
- 24 Brunei Darussalam 0.947 GPIA compare
- 25 Montenegro 0.9464 GPIA compare
- 26 Austria 0.9294 GPIA 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 0.9551 GPIA 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 0.9551 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7108 GPIA in 2007.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Poland ranks 23rd out of 33 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 16.3%. 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, immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release