Poland: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Poland's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 0.2 percentage points on 2016 (from 51.63% to 51.83%).

Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2016), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.53 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.05 percentage points in 2002. 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 downward, about 0.19 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 79% of the movement over 10 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 15th highest value of the 69 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

• Estonia — 12th of 69: 51.9%
• Croatia — 13th of 69: 51.85%
• Finland — 14th of 69: 51.83%
• British Virgin Islands — 16th of 69: 51.7%
• Switzerland — 17th of 69: 51.21%
• Philippines — 18th of 69: 51.2%

What this measures

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

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 32 values

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 49.71% (2018)
• Andorra — 49.39% (2018)
• Armenia — 47.77% (2018)
• Austria — 49.86% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 46.08% (2018)
• Belarus — 49.88% (2018)
• Belgium — 52.58% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 51.45% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 50.42% (2017)
• Croatia — 51.85% (2017)

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 secondary education, general pupils (% female)?

51.83% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is down 2.97 percentage points from 54.8% in 1972. The highest value was 55.96% in 1995 and the lowest 51.63% in 2016.

How does Poland rank?

15th highest of 69 economies with data for 2017.

Is the latest change in secondary education, general pupils (% female) unusual for Poland?

In 2017, Poland's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 0.2 percentage points on 2016 (from 51.63% to 51.83%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2016), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.GC.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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