Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female was 96.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece stood at 96.6%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 96.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.9%, in 1981.
That places Greece 55th out of 136 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 63.9% | — |
| 1992 | 79.2% | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 83.1% | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 82.6% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 83.4% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 83.6% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 84.4% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 85.5% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 85.4% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 86.3% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 86.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 87.2% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 88.4% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 88.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 89.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 94.6% | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 90.7% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 91.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 90.7% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 91.2% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 91.3% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 92.1% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 92.6% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 93.0% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 93.7% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 89.2% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 94.2% | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 95.3% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 95.9% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 96.5% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 96.6% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 96.6% | +0.1% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 96.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 98% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Greece's 96.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 99.5%, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 63.9% | 63.9% | 63.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 83.4% | 79.2% | 85.5% | 8 |
| 2000s | 89.4% | 86.3% | 94.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.7% | 89.2% | 95.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 95.3% | 96.6% | 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 96.6% 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 96.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.9% in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 55th out of 136 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 3.9%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release