Youth literacy in Greece
In Greece, 99.5% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2009.
The latest value for Greece is for 2009. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Greece, 2009
99.5%
Change from 2001
+0.5percentage points
Youth literacy in Greece over time
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Greece
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Greece |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 99.5% |
| 2001 | 98.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 98.9% in 2001, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
- Since 1981, when it was 99.0%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
More for Greece
All statistics for Greece
Adult literacy rate
93.9%
2009 · World Bank
NEET rate, ages 15 to 29
13.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
42.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Early leavers from education and training
3.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Adult participation in learning
5.2%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
10.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT