Poland - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Poland was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 6.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 6.00
1971 6.00
1972 6.00
1973 6.00
1974 6.00
1975 6.00
1976 6.00
1977 6.00
1978 6.00
1979 6.00
1980 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
1991 6.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 6.00
1996 6.00
1997 6.00
1998 6.00
1999 6.00
2000 6.00
2001 6.00
2002 6.00
2003 6.00
2004 6.00
2005 6.00
2006 6.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 6.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 6.00
2018 6.00
2019 6.00
2020 6.00
2021 6.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Poland was 2,312,509 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,026,899 in 1993 and a minimum value of 2,152,655 in 2014.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 3,860,758
1972 3,675,922
1973 3,516,830
1974 3,374,714
1975 3,245,444
1976 3,162,521
1977 3,102,439
1978 3,075,744
1979 3,078,165
1980 3,115,680
1981 3,190,141
1982 3,309,179
1983 3,439,491
1984 3,566,695
1985 3,678,458
1986 3,771,617
1987 3,854,629
1988 3,915,213
1989 3,920,816
1990 3,928,427
1991 3,957,145
1992 3,976,740
1993 4,026,899
1994 3,973,296
1995 3,841,339
1996 3,740,380
1997 3,674,692
1998 3,579,857
1999 3,433,762
2000 3,318,722
2001 3,221,253
2002 3,105,262
2003 2,983,070
2004 2,855,692
2005 2,723,661
2006 2,602,020
2007 2,484,820
2008 2,375,205
2009 2,294,369
2010 2,234,937
2011 2,191,659
2012 2,187,172
2013 2,160,861
2014 2,152,655
2017 2,296,529
2018 2,277,483
2019 2,312,509

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Poland was 48.71 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 48.76 in 2012, while its lowest value was 47.72 in 1972.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 47.72
1973 47.92
1974 47.84
1989 48.31
1990 48.33
1991 48.41
1992 48.28
1993 48.41
1994 48.44
1995 48.54
1996 48.56
1997 48.27
1998 48.19
1999 48.32
2000 48.41
2001 48.50
2002 48.54
2003 48.59
2004 48.59
2005 48.59
2006 48.58
2007 48.55
2008 48.49
2009 48.47
2010 48.51
2011 48.59
2012 48.76
2013 48.75
2014 48.74
2017 48.71

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Poland was 253,077 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 289,113 in 2001 and a minimum value of 211,201 in 2014.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
2001 289,113
2003 235,763
2005 235,950
2006 231,609
2007 233,612
2008 238,917
2009 238,741
2010 239,888
2011 215,813
2012 214,730
2013 211,238
2014 211,201
2015 219,826
2016 229,490
2017 225,581
2018 283,469
2019 253,077

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Poland was 82.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 85.62 in 2016, while its lowest value was 82.90 in 2019.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
2001 83.47
2003 84.75
2005 84.53
2006 84.29
2007 84.30
2008 83.79
2009 83.73
2010 83.66
2011 85.10
2012 85.28
2013 85.34
2014 85.34
2015 85.40
2016 85.62
2017 85.29
2018 83.01
2019 82.90

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes