Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Poland
Poland: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Poland, 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Poland recorded 0.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Poland peaked at 0.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2014.
That places Poland 42nd out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Poland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.7% | — |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 4 |
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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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Poland?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Poland was 0.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2014.
- How does Poland rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Poland ranks 42nd out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release