School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Poland
Poland: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.1 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Poland, 1972–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Poland recorded 1.1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2018.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Poland peaked at 1.12 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.9839 GPI, in 1972.
That places Poland 26th out of 175 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Poland, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.9839 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.9915 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9923 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.03 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 1.04 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 1.03 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 1.03 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.02 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.03 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.04 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 1.05 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.05 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.05 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1.06 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.07 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.07 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.06 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.09 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.08 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1.08 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.08 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.09 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.11 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.11 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.11 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.12 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.11 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.1 GPI | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9892 GPI | 0.9839 GPI | 0.9923 GPI | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.03 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 1.12 GPI | 7 |
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 105.36 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Poland?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Poland was 1.1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 GPI in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9839 GPI in 1972.
- How does Poland rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Poland ranks 26th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.