Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Poland
Poland: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 96.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Poland, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Poland is 96.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Poland peaked at 96.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.9%, in 2002.
Poland ranks 18th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.8% | 49.9% | 63.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 76.6% | 66.7% | 89.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 93.0% | 89.9% | 96.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More education data for Poland
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 135,357 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.3 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Poland?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Poland was 96.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.9% in 2002.
- How does Poland rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Poland ranks 18th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.