Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9471 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1992β2024
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.
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
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.02 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release