Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 67.9% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 2015β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 67.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 67.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56.5%, in 2015.
Greece ranks 29th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 58.4% | 56.5% | 60.5% | 4 |
| 2020s | 65.5% | 62.4% | 67.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 26 Netherlands 74.3% compare
- 27 Brunei Darussalam 70.9% compare
- 28 Romania 68.3% compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.6% compare
- 31 Spain 56.2% compare
- 32 Italy 54.4% compare
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 67.9% 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 67.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.5% in 2015.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 29th out of 40 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 20.2%. 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, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release