Lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland
Poland: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 55.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland, 2002–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland stood at 55.0%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 56.9% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland peaked at 132.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 55.0%, in 2024.
Poland ranks 149th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 94.3% | — |
| 2003 | 96.8% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 97.7% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 97.9% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 96.9% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 96.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 96.5% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 95.9% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 101.0% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 132.7% | +31.4% |
| 2023 | 127.7% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 55.0% | -56.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.7% | 94.3% | 97.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 97.3% | 95.9% | 101.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 105.1% | 55.0% | 132.7% | 3 |
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More education data for Poland
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Poland was 55.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 132.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.0% in 2024.
- How does Poland rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Poland ranks 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.