Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9638 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1991β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece stood at 0.9638 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 0.9658 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7765 LPIA, in 1991.
That places Greece 50th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8286 LPIA | 0.7765 LPIA | 0.8639 LPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8815 LPIA | 0.8647 LPIA | 0.8994 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.933 LPIA | 0.895 LPIA | 0.9642 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9627 LPIA | 0.96 LPIA | 0.9658 LPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece was 0.9638 LPIA 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 0.9658 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7765 LPIA in 1991.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 50th out of 100 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 2.3%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release