Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Greece
Greece: Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary was 0.6547 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Greece, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.6547 GPIA for out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.8% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Greece peaked at 1.97 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6547 GPIA, in 2023.
That places Greece 139th out of 169 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8173 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 1.01 GPIA | +23.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9825 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9748 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9748 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9948 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.04 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.11 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 1.21 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 1.24 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.3 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1.15 GPIA | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 1.1 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9444 GPIA | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8596 GPIA | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9347 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9337 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 0.995 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.97 GPIA | +97.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6547 GPIA | -66.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9808 GPIA | 0.8173 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.08 GPIA | 0.8596 GPIA | 1.3 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 GPIA | 0.6547 GPIA | 1.97 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0556 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Greece?
- Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Greece was 0.6547 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.97 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6547 GPIA in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary?
- Greece ranks 139th out of 169 countries with data for 2023.
- Is out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. 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 Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary entry age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release