Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
23rd
of 132 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.8639 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
17
1981–2024
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Greece peaked at 1 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8639 GPIA, in 1981.
Greece ranks 23rd of 132 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.8639 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.9702 GPIA | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9734 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9759 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9781 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9817 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9829 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9793 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9863 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9872 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9909 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9896 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8639 GPIA | 0.8639 GPIA | 0.8639 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9736 GPIA | 0.9702 GPIA | 0.9759 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9838 GPIA | 0.9781 GPIA | 0.9909 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9979 GPIA | 0.9896 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 20 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA compare
- 21 Poland 1 GPIA compare
- 22 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Albania 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Australia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Austria 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Belgium 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Bulgaria 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Bermuda 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Canada 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Switzerland 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Czechia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Germany 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Spain 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Finland 1 GPIA compare
- 23 France 1 GPIA compare
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Croatia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Hungary 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Ireland 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Iceland 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Israel 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Italy 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Lithuania 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Luxembourg 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Latvia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Malta 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Netherlands 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Norway 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Portugal 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Romania 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Slovakia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Slovenia 1 GPIA compare
- 23 Sweden 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Greece
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.02 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Greece?
- Educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Greece was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8639 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Greece ranks 23rd out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release