Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male was 72.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 72.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 72.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.7%, in 1981.
That places Greece 55th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 24.7% | — |
| 1990 | 32.9% | +33.4% |
| 1991 | 34.5% | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 34.0% | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 37.5% | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 38.6% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 39.7% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 40.0% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 40.4% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 42.7% | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 44.5% | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 45.7% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 46.0% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 47.3% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 48.7% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 51.3% | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 52.0% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 54.5% | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 55.2% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 55.7% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 54.9% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 56.0% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 57.0% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 58.2% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 59.6% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 57.5% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 59.0% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 57.0% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 61.6% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 62.7% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 66.9% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 68.5% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 69.7% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 70.7% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 71.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 72.3% | +1.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 72.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.7%, 91% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Greece's 72.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.6%, 89% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +33.4% | 24.7% | 32.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.7% | 24.7% | 24.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 38.5% | 32.9% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.1% | 45.7% | 55.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.6% | 56.0% | 66.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.4% | 68.5% | 72.3% | 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 72.3% 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 72.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.7% in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 55th out of 140 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 25.6%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release