Official entrance age to compulsory education in Greece
Greece: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 5 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Greece, 1998β2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official entrance age to compulsory education in Greece is 5, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Greece peaked at 6 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2008.
Greece ranks 129th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.8 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
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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 official entrance age to compulsory education in Greece?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Greece was 5 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2008.
- How does Greece rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Greece ranks 129th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Official entrance age to compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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