What is lower secondary school starting age in Poland?

Lower secondary school starting age in Poland was 11 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Poland?

The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.

What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Poland?

The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 2020.

How does Poland rank for lower secondary school starting age?

Poland ranks 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.

Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Poland?

Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Poland data come from?

The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Lower secondary school starting age in Poland

Name: Lower secondary school starting age in Poland
Creator: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Poland: Lower secondary school starting age was 11 years in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

11 years

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

144th

of 209 countries

All-time high

13 years

in 1970

All-time low

11 years

in 2020

Years of data

1970–2025

Lower secondary school starting age in Poland, 1970–2025

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

Poland recorded 11 years for lower secondary school starting age in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

The figure is down 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Poland peaked at 13 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 11 years, in 2020.

Poland ranks 144th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	13 years	13 years	13 years	10
1980s	13 years	13 years	13 years	10
1990s	13 years	13 years	13 years	10
2000s	13 years	13 years	13 years	10
2010s	13 years	13 years	13 years	10
2020s	11 years	11 years	11 years	6

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More education data for Poland

Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 135,357 (2025)
School enrollment, primary, female 105.2% (2024)
School enrollment, primary, male 105.5% (2024)
Labor force, total 18.17 million (2025)
Labor force, female 46.1% (2025)
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9637 GPI (2020)

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Frequently asked questions

What is lower secondary school starting age in Poland?: Lower secondary school starting age in Poland was 11 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Poland?: The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.
What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Poland?: The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 2020.
How does Poland rank for lower secondary school starting age?: Poland ranks 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Poland?: Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Poland data come from?: The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Lower secondary school starting age (years)
Unit: years
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 11,411 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.