Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's … Bachelor both in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's … Bachelor both was 28.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 28.9% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Greece peaked at 28.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 1981.
Greece ranks 30th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's … Bachelor both in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7.6% | — |
| 1991 | 8.7% | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | +155.0% |
| 2015 | 22.9% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 20.1% | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 23.6% | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 24.2% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 24.4% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 28.2% | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 28.9% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 28.0% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 28.9% | +3.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 28.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 29.7%, 97% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Greece's 28.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 26.4%, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's … Bachelor both in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +155.0% | 8.7% | 22.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.6% | 7.6% | 7.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 22.9% | 20.1% | 24.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 28.0% | 26.0% | 28.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.03 (2021)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.89 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82,575 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Greece was 28.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 28.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Greece ranks 30th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. 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 rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release