Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.6748 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece is 0.6748 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 0.6748 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2041 LPIA, in 1990.
Greece ranks 55th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Greece, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2041 LPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.2225 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2071 LPIA | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2394 LPIA | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2508 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2405 LPIA | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2633 LPIA | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2694 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3106 LPIA | +15.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3283 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3371 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3427 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.352 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3664 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4238 LPIA | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4331 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3262 LPIA | -24.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4548 LPIA | +39.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4669 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4606 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4853 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4873 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.5051 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5383 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5144 LPIA | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5522 LPIA | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 0.542 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5693 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5872 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6013 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6019 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.6203 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6223 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.6486 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6748 LPIA | +4.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.6748 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9002 LPIA, 75% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.6748 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9132 LPIA, 74% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +39.4% | 0.3262 LPIA | 0.4548 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2536 LPIA | 0.2041 LPIA | 0.3283 LPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3964 LPIA | 0.3262 LPIA | 0.4669 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5382 LPIA | 0.4853 LPIA | 0.6013 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6336 LPIA | 0.6019 LPIA | 0.6748 LPIA | 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 0.6748 LPIA 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 0.6748 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2041 LPIA in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 55th out of 105 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 31.2%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release