Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.923 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece stood at 0.923 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece peaked at 0.923 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6755 GPIA, in 1981.
Greece ranks 85th 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 gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.6755 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.8546 GPIA | +26.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9098 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8647 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.867 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8882 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8885 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8941 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8941 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8968 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8995 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8981 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9111 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.918 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9208 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.923 GPIA | +0.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.923 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9935 GPIA, 93% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.923 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9903 GPIA, 93% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender 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 | +26.5% | 0.6755 GPIA | 0.8546 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6755 GPIA | 0.6755 GPIA | 0.6755 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.874 GPIA | 0.8546 GPIA | 0.9098 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8944 GPIA | 0.8882 GPIA | 0.9 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9142 GPIA | 0.8981 GPIA | 0.923 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 lower secondary education or in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece was 0.923 GPIA 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 0.923 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6755 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 85th 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 3.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release