Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9421 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece, 1981β2024
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.
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
- 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 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