Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Greece
Greece: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted was 0.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece, 2004–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.7% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece peaked at 1.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2008.
Greece ranks 60th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.5% | — |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -71.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -35.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +61.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +25.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +61.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +15.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 |
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Greece was 0.7% 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 1.5% in 2004.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2008.
- How does Greece rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Greece ranks 60th out of 111 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 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Services 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