Over-age students, primary in Poland
Poland: Over-age students, primary was 0.9% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Poland, 1999–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2017, over-age students, primary in Poland stood at 0.9%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.5% on the previous year and down 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Poland peaked at 2.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2017.
That places Poland 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Poland, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.1% | — |
| 2000 | 1.9% | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.4% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -22.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 6 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 105.36 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Poland?
- Over-age students, primary in Poland was 0.9% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
- How does Poland rank for over-age students, primary?
- Poland ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.