Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 45.0% in 2024. β Volatile
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 1990β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 45.0% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 45.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 1990.
That places Greece 54th out of 109 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 | 7.6% | 4.4% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.0% | 13.1% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.7% | 25.2% | 36.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 38.6% | 45.0% | 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 upper secondary education or in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece was 45.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 45.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 54th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release