Education in Poland

142 indicators covering education for Poland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 64.8% 2025 down 6.8% 99th
Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st
Population ages 0-14 14.5% 2025 down 4.2% 187th
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 down 15.4% 144th
School enrollment, primary 105.4% 2024 up 5.8% 58th
Primary education, teachers 135,357 2025 down 38.4% 46th
School enrollment, primary, female 105.2% 2024 up 5.6% 55th
School enrollment, primary, male 105.5% 2024 up 6.1% 57th
Labor force, total 18.17 million 2025 down 1.3% 38th
Labor force, female 46.1% 2025 up 2.1% 86th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9637 GPI 2020 down 2.8% 160th
School enrollment, secondary 107.9% 2024 down 2.0% 31st
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.8 per 1,000 2024 down 6.7% 138th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% 144th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 153rd
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 161st
Secondary education, teachers 322,900 2025 up 18.1% 26th
School enrollment, secondary, female 107.2% 2024 down 0.7% 35th
School enrollment, secondary, male 108.5% 2024 down 3.1% 30th
School enrollment, tertiary 80.9% 2024 up 15.2% 26th
School enrollment, primary, private 8.1% 2024 up 77.5% 123rd
School enrollment, preprimary 93.9% 2020 up 35.9% 43rd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 63.2% 2024 up 12.9% 43rd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 99.5% 2024 up 16.8% 22nd
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9864 GPI 2020 down 0.8% 134th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.37 GPI 2024 up 1.6% 42nd
Secondary education, teachers, female 230,981 2025 up 21.9% 19th
Primary completion rate, female 94.3% 2019 down 2.5% 104th
Primary completion rate, male 95.0% 2019 down 1.8% 85th
Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2022 down 10.7% 90th
Secondary education, general pupils 1.72 million 2017 down 28.9% 52nd
Lower secondary completion rate, total 55.0% 2024 down 43.2% 149th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 93.8% 2020 up 35.1% 41st
School enrollment, preprimary, male 93.9% 2020 up 36.6% 41st
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.8% 2023 up 2.0% 5th
Government expenditure on education, total 10.0% 2022 down 10.9% 149th
Secondary education, general pupils 51.8% 2017 down 1.3% 34th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 52.4% 2024 down 45.7% 150th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 57.5% 2024 down 40.8% 143rd
Children out of school 0.1% 2024 down 97.8% 190th
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 down 33.3% 186th
Primary education, pupils 1.60 million 2024 down 25.7% 73rd
Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 up 33.3% 3rd
Secondary education, pupils 3.33 million 2024 up 25.9% 37th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.8% 2023 up 1.9% 14th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.8% 2023 up 2.1% 11th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 684,955 2017 down 12.7% 20th
Number of under-five deaths, male 758 2024 down 29.8% 102nd
Number of under-five deaths, female 580 2024 down 31.8% 104th
Number of infant deaths, male 641 2024 down 30.3% 102nd
Number of infant deaths, female 491 2024 down 32.6% 102nd
Children out of school, female 1.4% 2020 down 49.2% 148th
Children out of school, male 1.5% 2020 down 44.7% 146th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 38.6% 2017 up 6.8% 120th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 96.4% 2014 up 3.1% 143rd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 61.5% 141st
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.1% 2025 down 58.8% 151st
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 60.2% 148th
Primary education, teachers 87.1% 2025 up 2.0% 50th
Repeaters, primary, total 1.1% 2017 up 49.8% 121st