Education in Greece

3,279 indicators covering education for Greece.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 96.4% 2025 up 1.2% 52nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 97.1% 2025 up 1.5% 54th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.6% 90th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 95.8% 2025 up 0.9% 51st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 95.2% 2025 up 4.5% 9th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 96.9% 2025 up 4.3% 9th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 0.4% 105th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 93.7% 2025 up 4.7% 11th
Teachers in secondary education, male 29,118 2023 down 22.0% 73rd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.3% 2025 down 60.9% 41st
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.3% 2025 down 71.0% 65th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.5% 2025 down 65.8% 49th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 171.1% 2023 up 52.4% 1st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 159.6% 2023 up 41.1% 1st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 7.5% 135th
Primary education, teachers 75.6% 2023 up 8.2% 115th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 14,951 number 2018 up 24.9% 62nd
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.52 % change on previous year 2018 down 21.6% 80th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.7% 2017 up 6.5% 132nd
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 7.89 years 2023 up 54.5% 1st
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 7.52 years 2023 up 49.2% 1st
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% 137th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.4% 2018 down 66.7% 114th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 20.9 years 2023 up 20.1% 2nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.9% 2023 up 4.7% 43rd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 17,288 number 2018 down 40.4% 67th
Persistence to grade 5, total 99.8% 2022 up 8.4% 5th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.5% 2022 up 9.8% 13th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 27 2024 down 46.0% 142nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 36 2024 down 34.5% 141st
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 133 2024 down 9.5% 128th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 211 2024 down 20.1% 125th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.7% 2017 up 3.8% 98th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 99.2% 2017 up 0.3% 117th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 0.5% 2023 down 88.8% 169th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.02 years 2023 up 33.7% 87th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.05 years 2023 up 33.4% 80th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9857 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% 152nd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.4% 2023 down 0.3% 72nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 334 2023 up 94.2% 77th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 21,062 2023 up 52.0% 54th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9955 GPI 2018 down 0.0% 126th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 7,629 2023 up 29.0% 67th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 37.7% 2023 up 13.9% 108th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 12,611 2023 up 5.4% 59th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 20.0% 92nd
Number of adults with no formal education by region 32,700 people 2100 down 22.9% 87th
Population by level of education 4.78 million people 2100 up 2.2% 87th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.17 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 2.4% 54th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.7% 2017 up 24.7% 123rd
Repeaters, primary, male 0.7% 2017 down 6.5% 130th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 21.12 years 2023 up 22.3% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 20.71 years 2023 up 18.1% 1st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% 122nd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.7% 2018 down 0.5% 66th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 100.2% 2023 up 3.8% 38th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 99.6% 2023 up 5.7% 50th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9945 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% 130th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 14,754 number 2018 up 24.3% 60th
School enrollment, secondary, private 5.6% 2023 up 27.4% 134th