Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA was 0.6078 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 0.6078 LPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 0.6087 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1326 LPIA, in 1990.
That places Greece 62nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 … female upper location LPIA in Greece, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1326 LPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.1617 LPIA | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1373 LPIA | -15.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1756 LPIA | +27.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1821 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1846 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2045 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2091 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2346 LPIA | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2689 LPIA | +14.6% |
| 2000 | 0.2736 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2846 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2979 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3072 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3642 LPIA | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3608 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2478 LPIA | -31.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3921 LPIA | +58.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3965 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4125 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.428 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4542 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4757 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4881 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.481 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.4977 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4896 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.525 LPIA | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5218 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5495 LPIA | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5657 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5735 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5838 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.6087 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.6078 LPIA | -0.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.6078 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9132 LPIA, 67% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.6078 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9158 LPIA, 66% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female 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 | +58.3% | 0.2478 LPIA | 0.3921 LPIA |
| 2006 | -31.3% | 0.3608 LPIA | 0.2478 LPIA |
| 1993 | +27.9% | 0.1373 LPIA | 0.1756 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1891 LPIA | 0.1326 LPIA | 0.2689 LPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3337 LPIA | 0.2478 LPIA | 0.4125 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4911 LPIA | 0.428 LPIA | 0.5495 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5879 LPIA | 0.5657 LPIA | 0.6087 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 0.6078 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 0.6087 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1326 LPIA in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 62nd out of 103 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 26.4%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release