1970–2025
Indicator comparison
Gross enrollment ratios in secondary and tertiary education from the World Bank.
Both Secondary enrolment and Tertiary enrolment can exceed 100% due to students outside the official age brackets.
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Gross tertiary enrolment ratio in percent from the World Bank. Measures student numbers relative to the cohort size rather than university quality.
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio in percent from the World Bank. Pairs with higher education data Tertiary enrolment.
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Gross tertiary enrolment ratio in percent from the World Bank. Measures student numbers relative to the cohort size rather than university quality.
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio in percent from the World Bank for the same countries as in population.
Gross tertiary enrollment ratio. Can exceed 100% due to students of diverse age cohorts.
A cohort at university, not Youth unemployment. Read them apart.
Longseries, “Tertiary enrolment”. World Bank Open Data (SE.TER.ENRR), 1970–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 3997b083add548a001a26c351467fca63a5d85c9d4a4677372f1b7aba394f8ea. https://longseries.com/en/d/tertiary-enrollment/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Spain; lowest — Brazil
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxSpain | 2024 | 93.8%93.8%→0.0 pp |
| Netherlands | 2023 | 86.6%86.6% |
| Sweden | 2024 | 84%84%↑+2.6 pp |
| Poland | 2024 | 80.9%80.9%↑+4.0 pp |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | 80.4%80.4%↑+0.6 pp |
| United States | 2022 | 79.4%79.4%↓−5.5 pp |
| China | 2024 | 76.9%76.9%↑+2.3 pp |
| Germany | 2024 | 76.7%76.7%↓−1.9 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
24 rows for Poland
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Poland
56.3→80.9
Poland: 56.3 (2001) → 80.9 (2024). Difference: +24.6 pp. Peak value of 80.9 in 2024; lowest value of 56.3 in 2001.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Poland | 80.9% |
| 2023 | Poland | 76.9% |
| 2022 | Poland | 75.3% |
| 2021 | Poland | 72.2% |
| 2020 | Poland | 71% |
| 2019 | Poland | 70.9% |
| 2018 | Poland | 71% |
| 2017 | Poland | 70.6% |
| 2016 | Poland | 69.9% |
| 2015 | Poland | 69.4% |
| 2014 | Poland | 70.2% |
| 2013 | Poland | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Poland | 75% |
| 2011 | Poland | 75.8% |
| 2010 | Poland | 76.6% |
| 2009 | Poland | 72.7% |
| 2008 | Poland | 70.3% |
| 2007 | Poland | 66.9% |
| 2006 | Poland | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Poland | 63.8% |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio in percent from the World Bank. Pairs with higher education data Tertiary enrolment.
Gross secondary enrolment, both sexes. World Bank.
Gross secondary school enrollment ratio. Can exceed 100% due to students outside the official age group.
Pair: Tertiary enrolment. Secondary and higher education are two separate indicators.
Longseries, “Secondary enrolment”. World Bank Open Data (SE.SEC.ENRR), 1970–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 72d1d170030749c156b1de595ab1afb33b6034ddd4e298d266536286b7e862cd. https://longseries.com/en/d/secondary-enrollment/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Sweden; lowest — Germany
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2023 | 137.5%137.5%↓−1.3 pp |
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxSweden | 2024 | 132%132%↓−2.3 pp |
| Spain | 2024 | 118.5%118.5%↑+0.2 pp |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | 112.1%112.1%↓−1.1 pp |
| Poland | 2024 | 107.9%107.9%↓−0.5 pp |
| Brazil | 2024 | 104.1%104.1% |
| France | 2024 | 103.8%103.8%↓−0.2 pp |
| Japan | 2023 | 101.5%101.5%↑+0.2 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
24 rows for Poland
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Poland
101.7→107.9
Poland: 101.7 (2001) → 107.9 (2024). Difference: +6.2 pp. Peak value of 112.6 in 2020; lowest value of 98.5 in 2004.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Poland | 107.9% |
| 2023 | Poland | 108.4% |
| 2022 | Poland | 108.5% |
| 2021 | Poland | 110.5% |
| 2020 | Poland | 112.6% |
| 2019 | Poland | 109.8% |
| 2018 | Poland | 110.5% |
| 2017 | Poland | 109.5% |
| 2016 | Poland | 109.1% |
| 2015 | Poland | 109.4% |
| 2014 | Poland | 110% |
| 2013 | Poland | 111.5% |
| 2012 | Poland | 100.6% |
| 2011 | Poland | 100.6% |
| 2010 | Poland | 100.2% |
| 2009 | Poland | 99.6% |
| 2008 | Poland | 100% |
| 2007 | Poland | 100.3% |
| 2006 | Poland | 100.6% |
| 2005 | Poland | 101.1% |