Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 0.8545 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8545 GPIA
Change on year
down 3.4%
World rank
69th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.8964 GPIA
in 2014
All-time low
0.5781 GPIA
in 1991
Years of data
33
1991–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 1991–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.8545 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 0.8964 GPIA in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5781 GPIA, in 1991.
That places Greece 69th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.5781 GPIA | — |
| 1993 | 0.6156 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6062 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.6473 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 0.6543 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6601 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.6529 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7105 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7071 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7279 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.7428 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7444 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7651 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7505 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7258 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7788 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7673 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8192 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8153 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8607 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.863 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8303 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8964 GPIA | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8731 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8342 GPIA | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8771 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8435 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8337 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8552 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8617 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8835 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8845 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.8545 GPIA | -3.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.8545 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 85% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.8545 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9674 GPIA, 88% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6406 GPIA | 0.5781 GPIA | 0.7105 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.7529 GPIA | 0.7071 GPIA | 0.8192 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8527 GPIA | 0.8153 GPIA | 0.8964 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8679 GPIA | 0.8545 GPIA | 0.8845 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 upper secondary education or in Greece?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece was 0.8545 GPIA 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 0.8964 GPIA in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5781 GPIA in 1991.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 69th out of 107 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 down 4.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release