Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9789 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1993β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece is 0.9789 LPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 0.9795 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8611 LPIA, in 1994.
That places Greece 46th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8811 LPIA | 0.8611 LPIA | 0.9054 LPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9153 LPIA | 0.9047 LPIA | 0.924 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9552 LPIA | 0.931 LPIA | 0.9774 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9761 LPIA | 0.974 LPIA | 0.9795 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 0.9789 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 0.9795 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8611 LPIA in 1994.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 46th out of 99 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 1.8%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release