Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper both in Greece
Greece: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper both was 70.1% 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 70.1% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Greece peaked at 70.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.2%, in 1981.
That places Greece 54th out of 142 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 both in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 21.2% | — |
| 1990 | 29.3% | +38.3% |
| 1991 | 30.7% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 30.7% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 34.2% | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 35.1% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 36.4% | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 36.6% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 37.1% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 39.5% | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 41.3% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 42.5% | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 42.9% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 44.2% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 45.7% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 48.1% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 49.0% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 52.9% | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 52.2% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 52.7% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 52.4% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 53.7% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 54.7% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 55.6% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 56.8% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 56.3% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 57.9% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 54.6% | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 60.0% | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 60.8% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 63.7% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 65.3% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 67.1% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 68.6% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 68.9% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 70.1% | +1.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 70.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.5%, 88% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Greece's 70.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.4%, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper both 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 | +38.3% | 21.2% | 29.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21.2% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 35.1% | 29.3% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.3% | 42.5% | 52.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.4% | 53.7% | 63.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.0% | 65.3% | 70.1% | 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 70.1% 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 70.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.2% in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Greece ranks 54th out of 142 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 24.6%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release