Poland: Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Poland's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) fell 1.47 percentage points on 2024 (from 48.82% to 47.35%).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 12.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.53 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.47 percentage points in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

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Closest to Poland in the 2025 ranking

• Kyrgyz Republic — 2nd of 6: 65.93%
• Georgia — 3rd of 6: 60.5%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 4th of 6: 50.84%
• Burundi — 6th of 6: 14.52%

What this measures

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.

Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.

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

All 16 values

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 58.85% (2024)
• Andorra — 50.48% (2024)
• Armenia — 63.47% (2024)
• Austria — 45.74% (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 62.01% (2024)
• Belarus — 61.56% (2024)
• Belgium — 50.36% (2023)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 46.78% (2023)
• Bulgaria — 52.32% (2024)
• Croatia — 51.15% (2023)

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 tertiary education, academic staff (% female)?

47.35% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2006?

It is up 5.83 percentage points from 41.52% in 2006. The highest value was 48.82% in 2024 and the lowest 41.52% in 2006.

Is the latest change in tertiary education, academic staff (% female) unusual for Poland?

In 2025, Poland's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) fell 1.47 percentage points on 2024 (from 48.82% to 47.35%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 12.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.TER.TCHR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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