Poland: Primary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.2 percentage points in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.29 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.03 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 64% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Poland had the 32nd highest value of the 68 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Poland in the 2017 ranking

• Croatia — 29th of 68: 48.75%
• Canada — 30th of 68: 48.75%
• France — 31st of 68: 48.73%
• Türkiye — 33rd of 68: 48.7%
• Russian Federation — 34th of 68: 48.69%
• São Tomé and Principe — 35th of 68: 48.67%

What this measures

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

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 30 values

Primary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 47.42% (2018)
• Andorra — 47.84% (2018)
• Armenia — 46.71% (2018)
• Austria — 48.51% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 46.31% (2018)
• Belarus — 48.52% (2018)
• Belgium — 48.87% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 48.54% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 48.47% (2017)
• Croatia — 48.75% (2017)
• Cyprus

More education data for Poland

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• Secondary education, pupils — 3.33 million (2024)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.6 million (2024)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 93.87% (2020)
• Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) — 99.79% (2023)
• Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) — 1.06% (2017)
• Secondary education, general pupils

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Questions people ask

What is Poland's primary education, pupils (% female)?

48.71% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is up 0.99 percentage points from 47.72% in 1972. The highest value was 48.76% in 2012 and the lowest 47.72% in 1972.

How does Poland rank?

32nd highest of 68 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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