Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 96.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece is 96.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 96.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 93.3%, in 2015.
Greece ranks 29th of 38 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 93.3% | — |
| 2016 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 93.9% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 94.4% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.1% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 95.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 95.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 96.2% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 96.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 96.5% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94.1% | 93.3% | 95.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 96.0% | 95.4% | 96.5% | 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 96.5% 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 96.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3% in 2015.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 29th out of 38 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 3.3%. 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, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release