Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Poland
Poland: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 52.1% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Poland, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Poland recorded 52.1% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Poland peaked at 67.6% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 45.1%, in 2006.
That places Poland 25th out of 158 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 67.6% | — |
| 1999 | 66.0% | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 64.2% | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 62.1% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 60.9% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 54.3% | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 48.7% | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 45.2% | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 45.1% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 46.5% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 49.2% | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 51.5% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 53.3% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 54.0% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 54.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 48.7% | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 49.2% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 50.5% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 51.1% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 51.7% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 52.1% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.8% | 66.0% | 67.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 52.8% | 45.1% | 64.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.7% | 48.7% | 54.3% | 9 |
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More education data for Poland
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 117,904 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17,453 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 840,254 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Poland?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Poland was 52.1% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 67.6% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.1% in 2006.
- How does Poland rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Poland ranks 25th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.