Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Greece
Greece: Over-qualification rates by economic activity was 31.2 in 2025. β² Rising
Latest (2025)
31.2
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
2nd
of 35 countries
All-time high
32.7
in 2024
All-time low
19.4
in 2010
Years of data
18
2008β2025
Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Greece, 2008β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Greece recorded 31.2 for over-qualification rates by economic activity in 2025.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-qualification rates by economic activity in Greece peaked at 32.7 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.4, in 2010.
That places Greece 2nd out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.9 | 19.7 | 20.1 | 2 |
| 2010s | 27.08 | 19.4 | 32.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.53 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Greece
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per unit of GDP 0.8135 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per capita 21,922 units per person (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of gdp -4.53 (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 2.48 (2025)
- Gdp per capita worldbank constant usd 21,922 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp 9.08 (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd 228.29 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-qualification rates by economic activity in Greece?
- Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Greece was 31.2 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest over-qualification rates by economic activity recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7 in 2024.
- What is the lowest over-qualification rates by economic activity recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.4 in 2010.
- How does Greece rank for over-qualification rates by economic activity?
- Greece ranks 2nd out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is over-qualification rates by economic activity rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Over-qualification rates by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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