More women than men are graduating from Greek universities, according to newly released data from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency. In 2024, women made up 60.1% of all tertiary education graduates in Greece, compared with 39.9% for men. That works out to roughly three women earning a degree for every two men, a gap that has held steady since at least 2021.
The pattern fits into a wider European trend. Eurostat counted about 4.5 million tertiary graduates across the EU last year, and women accounted for 2.6 million of them, against 1.9 million men.
Greece’s female share ran above the EU average of 57.9%, though it fell short of Iceland, Latvia and Poland, where nearly two-thirds or more of graduates were women. Germany showed one of the narrowest gaps in Europe, with women making up just over half of its graduates.
Fields where women are graduating from Greek universities in greater numbers
The split in Greece varies sharply by subject. In education, nearly six women graduated for every man, a wider margin than the roughly four-to-one ratio recorded across the EU as a whole.
Women also outnumbered men by more than two to one in health and welfare programs, and made up more than two-thirds of graduates in social sciences, journalism and information studies. Business, administration and law, the country’s largest field of study, leaned female too, though the gap there was narrower.
Men held the edge in a smaller set of technical fields. Roughly two men graduated for every woman in information and communication technology, while men made up close to two-thirds of graduates in engineering, manufacturing and construction.
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary studies, along with services, came closest to an even split in Greece, mirroring a pattern seen across the wider EU.
A steady gender gap with no sign of closing
The figures point to a steady trend: women graduating from Greek universities and elsewhere in Europe are outpacing men, even as men continue to lead in a handful of technical and engineering fields.
Eurostat’s figures have shown the same broad pattern for several years running, with little sign of the gap closing.
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