Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban male in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban male was 1.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Greece, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Greece stood at 1.2%.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Greece peaked at 1.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2017.
That places Greece 22nd out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban male in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -15.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +29.8% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | -2.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.4%, 87% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.3%, 94% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 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 1.2% 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 1.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Greece ranks 22nd out of 52 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 20.4%. 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 Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release