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Book readership in Poland has fluctuated over the period shown. In 2023, a total of 43 percent of Poles declared that they had read at least one book that year. This was a decrease of 11 percent compared to the year 2000.

As of September 30, 2023, 96.1 percent of Polish children aged three to six participated in various forms of preschool education. For elementary school students, the ratio was 92 percent.

Between 2019 and 2022, it was reported that more than five in 10 adults in Poland had information literacy. This refers to the ability to verify the reliability of information, get information about goods or services, or read or download newspapers. Furthermore, about 40 percent reported having communication and collaboration skills, including sending messages with attached files, making calls over the internet, participating in social networks, and taking part in consultation or voting via the internet.

The falling fertility indicators and high prevalence of infertility in Poland make it important for people of reproductive age to have good knowledge of their own fertility in order to be able to take care of their reproductive health. This paper examines reproductive health literacy and fertility awareness among Polish female students. It can help identify gaps in reproductive health education in Poland. The study group included 456 women aged 18–29, who were students of 6 public universities located in Poznan, Poland. The method used was a survey using a self-developed questionnaire assessing the students' knowledge of female and male fertility-related physiology and fertility patterns. The respondents' knowledge was assessed on the basis of the percentage of correct answers. Regression analysis and univariate analysis of variance were used to explore relationships between the students' knowledge and their age, year of study, university and source(s) of information. The average score of correct answers was 55.8%. Older students and medical university students were the most knowledgeable. 93.4% of the respondents correctly identified the optimum age for a woman to have the first child from the point of view of achieving pregnancy fast. Over 90% of the respondents knew such fertility-compromising risks as smoking, diseases and psychological distress. There was much poorer awareness of the adverse effect of unbalanced diet, irregular sleep, and long-lasting physical effort. 47.1% of the students reported gaining information from a number of sources, but as many as 28.3% said their only source was primary or middle school classes. Reproductive health knowledge among the young female students is incomplete, especially as regards lifestyle-related risks. They should be encouraged to supplement it by consulting reliable sources such as health professionals. It is advisable to ensure that the curricula of medical university students provide thorough knowledge in this area, and to arrange suitable electives for students from other universities. As primary and secondary school classes remain an important source of information, quality teaching at these levels should be offered with a focus on making the knowledge as practical and operational as possible. Relevant graduate, postgraduate and in-service courses should be available to professionals responsible for spreading reproductive health knowledge.

The number of infant deaths in Poland in the observed period has maintained a decreasing trend. The highest number of infant deaths occurred in women with higher education. Regardless of the level of education, infant mortality was highest in women under 20 years old in 2023.

The average score of Polish students in terms of reading comprehension was 489 points in 2022. In maths, Polish 15-year-olds scored 489 points, 17 points higher than the OECD average. In the natural sciences, Polish students achieved an average score of 499 points, which places them in sixth place among the European Union countries.

Examinations in primary school

Primary school students take an exam at the end of the eighth grade. The eighth-grade exam is a mandatory exam, which means that every student must take it to graduate from school. There is no specified minimum score that a student should obtain, so the eighth-grade exam cannot be failed.

The eighth-grade examination is carried out in written form. Students take the exam in three compulsory subjects, i.e., Polish language, mathematics, and a foreign language of their choice. A student may choose only the language that is taught at school as part of compulsory education classes. In 2023, primary school students in Poland had the best results in exams in the French language.

High school graduation exam (Matura)

The Matura exam is taken at the end of general secondary and technical secondary school and its result is a prerequisite for further education.

In 2023, over 214 thousand graduates of secondary schools passed the Matura exams. The most popular foreign language was English, passed by 98 percent of students. English and mathematics were the most popular subjects at an extended level. The exam pass rate amounted to 91 percent, which was 13 percentage points higher than in the previous school year.

Between 2019 and 2020, there was a slight decrease in the share of Poles who read books for pleasure. However, in 2020, 58 percent of the Polish population read at least one book for their own enjoyment.

In 2019, 66 percent of the Poles surveyed indicated an interesting title of the article as a reason to read it, while only 10 percent indicated a large number of releases as a reason to read the article.

In 2019, almost half of the respondents, total share of 49.4 percent, stated that reading promotional newsletters always or almost always before going to go shopping was their routine.

Among Polish respondents in 2018, women enjoyed reading books more than men did - 50 percent compared to only 32 percent. Reading enjoyment was highest among men between 25 and 39 years old as well as older than 60, and among women between 40 and 59 years old.

According to respondents in Poland in 2019, 14 percent of average internet users and 25 percent of threatened with Internet addiction use the Internet every day or almost every day to read newspapers or magazines on the Internet.

In 2023, most of the war refugees and migrants from the war in Ukraine have not undergone further training and education in Poland. Significantly more refugees have also attended a Polish language course, a full 27 percent. However, this could be because many pre-war migrants could already speak Polish at the time of the survey. Meanwhile, more pre-war migrants attended the high school.

According to respondents in Poland in 2019, 46 percent of average internet users and almost 40 percent of threatened with Internet addiction use the internet every day or nearly every day to read news online.

In 2021, one-fifth of Polish parents stated that they read books out loud to their children.

In 2021, the majority of Poles enjoyed reading books in their traditional form. E-books were preferred by seven percent of respondents.

In 2021, the majority of Poles enjoyed reading books. However, one-third of respondents stated they were not enthusiastic about this activity.

The two highest ranking countries when it comes to the book readers in selected countries worldwide, are Spain and Poland. 48 percent of respondents from Spain as well as 48 percent from Poland state that they read this type of media product. Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than 2,000,000 interviews.