Children out of school, primary, female in Greece
Greece: Children out of school, primary, female was 12,106 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Children out of school, primary, female in Greece, 2002–2021
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Analysis
In 2021, children out of school, primary, female in Greece stood at 12,106.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children out of school, primary, female in Greece peaked at 23,016 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 6,542, in 2016.
Greece ranks 95th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Children out of school, primary, female in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 23,016 | — |
| 2003 | 15,672 | -31.9% |
| 2004 | 11,507 | -26.6% |
| 2005 | 10,059 | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 11,233 | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 9,312 | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 6,640 | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 6,918 | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 7,619 | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 8,964 | +17.7% |
| 2014 | 10,433 | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 8,717 | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 6,542 | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 7,985 | +22.1% |
| 2018 | 10,701 | +34.0% |
| 2019 | 10,925 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 12,186 | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 12,106 | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13,466 | 9,312 | 23,016 | 6 |
| 2010s | 8,544 | 6,542 | 10,925 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,146 | 12,106 | 12,186 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 70,680 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children out of school, primary, female in Greece?
- Children out of school, primary, female in Greece was 12,106 in 2021, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest children out of school, primary, female recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 23,016 in 2002.
- What is the lowest children out of school, primary, female recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,542 in 2016.
- How does Greece rank for children out of school, primary, female?
- Greece ranks 95th out of 177 countries with data for 2021.
- Is children out of school, primary, female rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Children out of school, primary, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.