Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 36.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece, 2005β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 36.6% for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece peaked at 36.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.8%, in 2005.
That places Greece 33rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.3% | 24.8% | 27.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 31.0% | 27.0% | 34.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 36.1% | 35.4% | 36.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 30 Estonia, Republic of 39.2% compare
- 31 Norway 39.0% compare
- 32 Belgium 37.6% compare
- 34 Brunei Darussalam 35.9% compare
- 35 Finland 35.7% compare
- 36 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 35.7% compare
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 post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece was 36.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 36.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.8% in 2005.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Greece ranks 33rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 post-secondary non-tertiary 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