Secondary education, duration in Poland
Poland: Secondary education, duration was 8 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, duration in Poland, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Poland recorded 8 years for secondary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Poland peaked at 8 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1970.
Poland ranks 3rd of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 1 Germany 9 years compare
- 1 Slovakia 9 years compare
- 3 Armenia 8 years compare
- 3 Austria 8 years compare
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 years compare
- 3 Bulgaria 8 years compare
- 3 Croatia 8 years compare
- 3 Czechia 8 years compare
- 3 Hungary 8 years compare
- 3 Italy 8 years compare
- 3 Lithuania 8 years compare
- 3 Moldova 8 years compare
- 3 Montenegro 8 years compare
- 3 North Macedonia 8 years compare
- 3 Oman 8 years compare
- 3 Romania 8 years compare
- 3 San Marino 8 years compare
- 3 Serbia 8 years compare
- 3 Somalia 8 years compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 8 years compare
- 3 Turkey 8 years compare
- 3 Turkmenistan 8 years compare
- 3 United Arab Emirates 8 years compare
- 3 Palestine 8 years compare
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 secondary education, duration in Poland?
- Secondary education, duration in Poland was 8 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 8 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- How does Poland rank for secondary education, duration?
- Poland ranks 3rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. 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 Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.