Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male was 81.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 81.6% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece peaked at 81.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 1981.
That places Greece 62nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 32.9% | — |
| 2005 | 63.0% | +91.7% |
| 2006 | 65.0% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 66.2% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 66.6% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 67.0% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 71.7% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 73.2% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 68.3% | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 75.8% | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 76.4% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 76.9% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 77.8% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 79.3% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 80.4% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 80.6% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 81.6% | +1.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 81.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 92.6%, 88% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Greece's 81.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.3%, 85% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +91.7% | 32.9% | 63.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.9% | 32.9% | 32.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 65.2% | 63.0% | 66.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 72.7% | 67.0% | 76.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 79.9% | 77.8% | 81.6% | 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 lower secondary education or in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece was 81.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 81.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 62nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release