Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece, 1981β2024
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.
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
- 77 Bolivia 1.04 GPIA compare
- 78 Malaysia 1.02 GPIA compare
- 79 Andorra, Principality of 1.01 GPIA compare
- 81 Luxembourg 0.9842 GPIA compare
- 82 Netherlands 0.9827 GPIA compare
- 83 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.9733 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 1.01 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