Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.9944 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece, 1990β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece is 0.9944 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece peaked at 0.9944 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5884 GPIA, in 1990.
Greece ranks 61st of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6492 GPIA | 0.5884 GPIA | 0.7162 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7704 GPIA | 0.709 GPIA | 0.8376 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9051 GPIA | 0.855 GPIA | 0.9675 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9578 GPIA | 0.9424 GPIA | 0.9944 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 58 Czech Republic 1.03 GPIA compare
- 59 Romania 1.02 GPIA compare
- 60 El Salvador 1.02 GPIA compare
- 62 Netherlands, The 0.9864 GPIA compare
- 63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.982 GPIA compare
- 64 Malaysia 0.9784 GPIA compare
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece was 0.9944 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9944 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5884 GPIA in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Greece ranks 61st out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release