Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ was 0.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece, 2014–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece is 0.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece peaked at 0.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2014.
Greece ranks 35th of 58 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3% | — |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +24.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +17.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Greece was 0.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2014.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+?
- Greece ranks 35th out of 58 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.