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Europe > Greece > Education

GREEK EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 8.7 [24th of 100]
Class size > Age 13 24.8 students [4th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education 9 years [96th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [117th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [126th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4% [84th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 87.4% [26th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results 66.361 [128th of 191]
Grade 12 advanced students math 513 [7th of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science 486 [11th of 15]
Literacy > Total population 97.5% Time series [45th of 160]
Mathematical literacy 447 [25th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting $19,327.00 [13th of 22]
Public spending per student > Primary level 16 [47th of 126]
Reading literacy 474 [24th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male 14.2 years [24th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 14.3 years [26th of 110]
Scientific literacy 461 [24th of 27]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 40 weeks per year [10th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 42.3% [33rd of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; TIMSS; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada

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