Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 1 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece, 2015β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9194 GPIA, in 2015.
That places Greece 31st out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9438 GPIA | 0.9194 GPIA | 0.9599 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9712 GPIA | 0.942 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 28 Montenegro 1.06 GPIA
- 29 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA
- 30 Luxembourg 1.01 GPIA compare
- 32 Netherlands 0.9691 GPIA compare
- 33 Malta 0.9398 GPIA
- 34 Austria 0.831 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 1 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 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9194 GPIA in 2015.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Greece ranks 31st out of 37 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 9.2%. 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, 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