Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9791 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece stood at 0.9791 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Greece peaked at 0.9797 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9636 GPIA, in 2015.
Greece ranks 30th of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9681 GPIA | 0.9636 GPIA | 0.9742 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9777 GPIA | 0.9756 GPIA | 0.9797 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 27 Albania 0.9936 GPIA compare
- 28 Costa Rica 0.9883 GPIA compare
- 29 Italy 0.985 GPIA compare
- 31 Brunei Darussalam 0.9763 GPIA compare
- 32 Spain 0.9748 GPIA compare
- 33 Montenegro 0.9747 GPIA
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 0.9791 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 0.9797 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9636 GPIA in 2015.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Greece ranks 30th out of 37 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 1.6%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release