Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9723 GPIA in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland, 1997β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland is 0.9723 GPIA, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland peaked at 0.9723 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8618 GPIA, in 1997.
That places Poland 64th out of 137 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8718 GPIA | 0.8618 GPIA | 0.8848 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8994 GPIA | 0.8786 GPIA | 0.9204 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9322 GPIA | 0.9235 GPIA | 0.944 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.9646 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 0.9723 GPIA | 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 0.9723 GPIA 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 0.9723 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8618 GPIA in 1997.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Poland ranks 64th out of 137 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 4.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release