Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1.01 NPIA in 2024. β¬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 2015β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1.01 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 1.03 NPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.01 NPIA, in 2024.
Greece ranks 4th of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.03 NPIA | 1.01 NPIA | 1.03 NPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.01 NPIA | 1.01 NPIA | 1.02 NPIA | 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 1.01 NPIA 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 1.03 NPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 NPIA in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 4th out of 33 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 down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release