Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower female in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower female was 75.4% 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 75.4% 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 1.5% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece peaked at 75.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.2%, in 1981.
Greece ranks 64th of 132 countries on this measure, 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 female in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22.2% | — |
| 2005 | 53.9% | +142.6% |
| 2006 | 59.1% | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 57.2% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 57.7% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 59.5% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 63.7% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 65.4% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 61.5% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 67.7% | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 68.5% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 69.2% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 69.9% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 72.2% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 73.8% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 74.2% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 75.4% | +1.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 75.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.6%, 82% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Greece's 75.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 94.5%, 80% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower female 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 | +142.6% | 22.2% | 53.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 57.0% | 53.9% | 59.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 65.1% | 59.5% | 69.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 73.1% | 69.9% | 75.4% | 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 75.4% 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 75.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 64th out of 132 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 18.3%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release