Greece

Adult literacy in Greece

Adult literacy in Greece: 90.5% in 1981 and 93.9% in 2009, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2009
93.9%
Since 1981
+3.4 percentage points
World, 2009
83.8%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in GreeceAdult literacy in Greece: 90.5% in 1981 and 93.9% in 2009, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 96% in 2001, the lowest 90.5% in 1981.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 96% in 2001, the lowest 90.5% in 1981.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGreeceWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200993.983.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
20019681.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
199192.675.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
198190.568.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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