Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.9421 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9421 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
81st
of 137 countries
All-time high
0.9645 GPIA
in 2015
All-time low
0.729 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
34
1981–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece stood at 0.9421 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 0.9645 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.729 GPIA, in 1981.
Greece ranks 81st of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.729 GPIA | — |
| 1992 | 0.8111 GPIA | +11.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8342 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8256 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8415 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8385 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8451 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8544 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8618 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8649 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8715 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8734 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8818 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8824 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8858 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9445 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8946 GPIA | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8948 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9107 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9177 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.921 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9148 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9109 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9578 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9645 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9189 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9488 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9437 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9092 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9094 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.929 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9424 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9423 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9421 GPIA | -0.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.9421 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9872 GPIA, 95% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.9421 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.972 GPIA, 97% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.729 GPIA | 0.729 GPIA | 0.729 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.839 GPIA | 0.8111 GPIA | 0.8618 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8904 GPIA | 0.8649 GPIA | 0.9445 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9307 GPIA | 0.9092 GPIA | 0.9645 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.933 GPIA | 0.9094 GPIA | 0.9424 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 0.9421 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 0.9645 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.729 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 81st out of 137 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 1.6%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release