Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece, 1981–2024
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 1.01 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4646 GPIA, in 1981.
That places Greece 80th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.4646 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.5947 GPIA | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 0.6191 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6076 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6341 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.641 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6602 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6613 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6775 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7285 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7272 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7271 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7488 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.767 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7762 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7638 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7963 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7186 GPIA | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8122 GPIA | +13.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8252 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8504 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8685 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8792 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8897 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8916 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8953 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9399 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9171 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9776 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9513 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9627 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9642 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9582 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9717 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9911 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1.01 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.14 GPIA, 88% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1.01 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.11 GPIA, 91% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +28.0% | 0.4646 GPIA | 0.5947 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4646 GPIA | 0.4646 GPIA | 0.4646 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6551 GPIA | 0.5947 GPIA | 0.7285 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7786 GPIA | 0.7186 GPIA | 0.8504 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9173 GPIA | 0.8685 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9789 GPIA | 0.9582 GPIA | 1.01 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 1.01 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 1.01 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4646 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Greece ranks 80th out of 127 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 12.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release