Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary was 68.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary 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 20-24 with secondary in Greece stood at 68.3%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Greece peaked at 68.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 22.6%, in 1975.
Greece ranks 24th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 48.9% | — |
| 1965 | 25.8% | -47.3% |
| 1970 | 26.6% | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 22.6% | -15.2% |
| 1980 | 29.1% | +28.8% |
| 1985 | 44.7% | +53.7% |
| 1990 | 54.3% | +21.4% |
| 1995 | 51.6% | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 63.0% | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 67.5% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 68.3% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.4% | 25.8% | 48.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 24.6% | 22.6% | 26.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 36.9% | 29.1% | 44.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 52.9% | 51.6% | 54.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 65.3% | 63.0% | 67.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 68.3% | 68.3% | 68.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 7,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 90,546 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Greece?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Greece was 68.3% 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 20-24 with secondary recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 68.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.6% in 1975.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary?
- Greece ranks 24th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary