Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population was 1 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 LPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 95 countries
All-time high
1 LPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.93 LPIA
in 2006
Years of data
15
2006–2024
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Greece, 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Greece is 1 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Greece peaked at 1 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.93 LPIA, in 2006.
Greece ranks 4th of 95 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Greece, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.93 LPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.9357 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9363 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9358 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9561 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9577 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9422 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9654 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9674 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9771 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9752 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.934 LPIA | 0.93 LPIA | 0.9363 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9574 LPIA | 0.9358 LPIA | 0.9771 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.995 LPIA | 0.9752 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 1 Canada 1.01 LPIA
- 2 Jordan 1.01 LPIA compare
- 3 Uruguay 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Australia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Austria 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Belgium 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Bulgaria 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Switzerland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Czechia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Germany 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Denmark 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Spain 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Finland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 France 1 LPIA compare
- 4 United Kingdom 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Croatia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Hungary 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Ireland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Iceland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Italy 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Lithuania 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Luxembourg 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Latvia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Malta 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Netherlands 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Norway 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Portugal 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Romania 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Slovenia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Sweden 1 LPIA compare
- 4 United States 1 LPIA compare
More education data for Greece
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 LPIA 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 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.93 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Greece ranks 4th out of 95 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 4.6%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release