Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 12.3% in 2024. β Volatile
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece, 1990β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 12.3% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Greece peaked at 12.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2006.
That places Greece 44th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 0.1% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 7.2% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 10.5% | 12.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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 12.3% 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 12.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2006.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Greece ranks 44th out of 95 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 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release