Educational attainment rate … adjusted short-cycle tertiary urban in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate … adjusted short-cycle tertiary urban was 0.9944 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9944 GPIA
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
61st
of 99 countries
All-time high
0.9944 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5884 GPIA
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece, 1990–2024
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.
Educational attainment rate … adjusted short-cycle tertiary urban in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.5884 GPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.6129 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6044 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.6314 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6395 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.6541 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.6562 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.673 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7158 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7162 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7187 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7379 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7576 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7671 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7644 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7953 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.709 GPIA | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8026 GPIA | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8133 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8376 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.855 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8738 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8806 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8824 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8806 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9256 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9024 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9675 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9382 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9452 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9452 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9424 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.946 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.961 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9944 GPIA | +3.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.9944 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.1 GPIA, 90% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.9944 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.06 GPIA, 94% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
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
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 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