Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.981 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.981 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
80th
of 134 countries
All-time high
0.9818 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.7987 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
34
1981–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.981 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 0.9818 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7987 GPIA, in 1981.
Greece ranks 80th of 134 countries on this measure, 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 gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.7987 GPIA | — |
| 1992 | 0.896 GPIA | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9113 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9143 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.9143 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9178 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9236 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9235 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9231 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9266 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9276 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.929 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9387 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9376 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9435 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9792 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9482 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9515 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9504 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9539 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9517 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9572 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9622 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.963 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9668 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.949 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9699 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9725 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.977 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9748 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9797 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9818 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9792 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.981 GPIA | +0.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.981 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9992 GPIA, 98% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.981 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9997 GPIA, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7987 GPIA | 0.7987 GPIA | 0.7987 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9155 GPIA | 0.896 GPIA | 0.9236 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9432 GPIA | 0.9266 GPIA | 0.9792 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9623 GPIA | 0.949 GPIA | 0.977 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9793 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 0.9818 GPIA | 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 0.981 GPIA 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 0.9818 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7987 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 80th out of 134 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 1.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release