Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece
Greece: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece, 2004–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece stood at 1.8%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece peaked at 1.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2010.
That places Greece 16th out of 121 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.5% | — |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece was 1.8% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2010.
- How does Greece rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Greece ranks 16th out of 121 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release