Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary was 31.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 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 50-54 with secondary in Greece stood at 31.5%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary in Greece peaked at 31.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 1980.
That places Greece 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 23.2% | — |
| 1965 | 15.2% | -34.5% |
| 1970 | 18.1% | +18.8% |
| 1975 | 13.8% | -23.6% |
| 1980 | 12.1% | -12.4% |
| 1985 | 15.9% | +31.2% |
| 1990 | 23.2% | +46.0% |
| 1995 | 20.2% | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 23.3% | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 31.5% | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.2% | 15.2% | 23.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 15.9% | 13.8% | 18.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 14.0% | 12.1% | 15.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 21.7% | 20.2% | 23.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.8% | 23.3% | 28.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 31.5% | 31.5% | 31.5% | 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 50-54 with secondary in Greece?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary in Greece was 31.5% 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 50-54 with secondary recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 31.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 1980.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary?
- Greece ranks 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. 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 50-54 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary