Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Poland

Gross tertiary enrolment in Poland was 80.9% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2024 80.9% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +4.0percentage points 2023: 76.9%
European Union, 2024 79.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 77.8% Middle value of 16 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Poland over time

View
Places
2 selected
Poland European Union ×

% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period PolandEuropean Union
2024 80.9% 79.5%
2023 76.9% 79.5%
2022 75.3% 79.6%
2021 72.2% 77.9%
2020 71.0% 75.0%
2019 70.9% 74.0%
2018 71.0% 72.9%
2017 70.6% 71.8%
2016 69.9% 70.5%
2015 69.4% 69.8%
2014 70.2% 68.7%
2013 73.3% 67.6%
2012 75.0% 67.4%
2011 75.8% 67.5%
2010 76.6% 66.9%
2009 72.7% 65.6%
2008 70.3% 64.5%
2007 66.9% 63.5%
2006 65.1% 62.8%
2005 63.8% 61.6%
2004 61.7% 60.0%
2003 60.6% 58.0%
2002 59.5% 55.7%
2001 56.3% 53.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.0 percentage points from 76.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 70.2%, the figure has changed by +10.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Poland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics