Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Greece
Greece: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.9447 in 2020. β² Rising
Latest (2020)
0.9447
World rank
83rd
of 121 countries
All-time high
0.9536
in 2015
All-time low
0.7814
in 1981
Years of data
10
1981β2020
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Greece, 1981β2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.9447 for gender ratios for mean years of schooling in 2020.
That represents a change of up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Greece peaked at 0.9536 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7814, in 1981.
That places Greece 83rd out of 121 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7814 | 0.7814 | 0.7814 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9244 | 0.917 | 0.9376 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.944 | 0.9355 | 0.9536 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9447 | 0.9447 | 0.9447 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 80 Switzerland 0.9463 compare
- 81 Japan 0.9459 compare
- 82 Singapore 0.9458 compare
- 84 Austria 0.9442 compare
- 85 Saudi Arabia 0.9393 compare
- 86 Hong Kong (China) 0.938 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 gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Greece?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Greece was 0.9447 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9536 in 2015.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7814 in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Greece ranks 83rd out of 121 countries with data for 2020.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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