Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 86.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece, 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece stood at 86.2%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece peaked at 86.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.6%, in 2007.
Greece ranks 49th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 74.7% | — |
| 2007 | 73.6% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 73.8% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 74.1% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 78.1% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 79.1% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 75.3% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 81.3% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 81.8% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 82.2% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 83.0% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 84.4% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 85.7% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 85.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86.2% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.0% | 73.6% | 74.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 78.8% | 74.1% | 82.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 85.0% | 83.0% | 86.2% | 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.02 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (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 86.2% 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 86.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.6% in 2007.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 49th out of 97 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 10.4%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release