Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 2.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece stood at 2.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 77.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece peaked at 14.0% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2010.
That places Greece 101st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.4% | — |
| 1965 | 14.0% | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 13.4% | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 11.3% | -15.5% |
| 1980 | 9.6% | -15.3% |
| 1985 | 8.3% | -13.2% |
| 1990 | 7.4% | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 10.0% | +36.0% |
| 2000 | 10.9% | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -73.2% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.7% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 12.3% | 11.3% | 13.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.9% | 8.3% | 9.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.7% | 7.4% | 10.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 2.9% | 10.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,794 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 687,813 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 578,574 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0556 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 578,574 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.67 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Greece was 2.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2010.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Greece ranks 101st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education