Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender was 0.5554 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Greece, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Greece stood at 0.5554 GPIA.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Greece peaked at 0.6073 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4111 GPIA, in 2019.
Greece ranks 45th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.422 GPIA | — |
| 2015 | 0.5056 GPIA | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4941 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4993 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4259 GPIA | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 0.4111 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.454 GPIA | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 0.5968 GPIA | +31.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6073 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.5592 GPIA | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 0.5554 GPIA | -0.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.5554 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6922 GPIA, 80% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.5554 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.775 GPIA, 72% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4597 GPIA | 0.4111 GPIA | 0.5056 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.5545 GPIA | 0.454 GPIA | 0.6073 GPIA | 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 doctoral or equivalent in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Greece was 0.5554 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6073 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4111 GPIA in 2019.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Greece ranks 45th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. 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 rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, 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