Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland
Poland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 78.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland stood at 78.7%.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Poland peaked at 90.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 75.4%, in 2000.
Poland ranks 36th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.6% | 75.4% | 83.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.8% | 84.4% | 87.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 82.5% | 78.2% | 90.7% | 3 |
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 78.7% in 2024, 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 90.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.4% in 2000.
- How does Poland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Poland ranks 36th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. 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, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release