Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender was 0.987 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.987 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
54th
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.987 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.9304 GPIA
in 1993
Years of data
32
1993–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece stood at 0.987 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 0.987 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9304 GPIA, in 1993.
Greece ranks 54th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.9304 GPIA | — |
| 1994 | 0.9325 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.9329 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9356 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9407 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9426 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9428 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9447 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9428 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.946 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9541 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9556 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9589 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9853 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.961 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9636 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9631 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9664 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9632 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9659 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9712 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9712 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9737 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9651 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9767 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9794 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9821 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9795 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9853 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9864 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9849 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.987 GPIA | +0.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.987 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9991 GPIA, 99% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.987 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9998 GPIA, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9368 GPIA | 0.9304 GPIA | 0.9428 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9575 GPIA | 0.9428 GPIA | 0.9853 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9715 GPIA | 0.9632 GPIA | 0.9821 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9846 GPIA | 0.9795 GPIA | 0.987 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 primary education or higher in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece was 0.987 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.987 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9304 GPIA in 1993.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 54th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release