Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 16.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece, 2006β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece stood at 16.6%.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Greece peaked at 16.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2006.
Greece ranks 40th of 79 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.4% | 2.1% | 8.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 9.5% | 14.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 14.7% | 16.9% | 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)
- 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 16.6% 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 16.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2006.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Greece ranks 40th out of 79 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 37.9%. 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 post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release