Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.9471 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9471 LPIA
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
51st
of 100 countries
All-time high
0.9504 LPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7631 LPIA
in 1992
Years of data
31
1992–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece stood at 0.9471 LPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 0.9504 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7631 LPIA, in 1992.
Greece ranks 51st of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Greece, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7631 LPIA | — |
| 1993 | 0.7925 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 0.774 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7779 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7808 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7908 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8191 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8074 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8211 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8443 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8279 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8356 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8303 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8833 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 0.859 LPIA | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.86 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8568 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8794 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8866 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9014 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9113 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9211 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9228 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8561 LPIA | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9365 LPIA | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 0.95 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9481 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.945 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9487 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9504 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9471 LPIA | -0.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.9471 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.9471 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 95% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7882 LPIA | 0.7631 LPIA | 0.8191 LPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8465 LPIA | 0.8211 LPIA | 0.8833 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9072 LPIA | 0.8561 LPIA | 0.95 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9479 LPIA | 0.945 LPIA | 0.9504 LPIA | 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 0.9471 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 0.9504 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7631 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 51st 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 2.8%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release