Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.5374 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Greece, 2014β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.5374 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Greece peaked at 0.585 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4003 GPIA, in 2019.
That places Greece 36th out of 49 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4492 GPIA | 0.4003 GPIA | 0.4989 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.533 GPIA | 0.4401 GPIA | 0.585 GPIA | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (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 0.5374 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 0.585 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4003 GPIA in 2019.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Greece ranks 36th out of 49 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 32.3%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release