Greece
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 10.4M (2025). World rank 93 of 216; in Europe, 15 of 48. Area: 131,990 km². World rank 98 of 249; in Europe, 14 of 52. Life expectancy: 81.8 years (2024). World rank 39 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 24 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 10.8M → 10.4M, GDP $194.6B → $280.6B, and GDP per person $17,981 → $26,948. Better than all its neighbours (Albania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, and North Macedonia): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Hellenic Republic
- Local name
- Ελλάδα
- Capital
- Athens
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Konstantinos Tasoulas
- Head of government
- 9811205000
- Independence
- February 3, 1830
- Women in parliament
- 22.9% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 10,413,962 2025
- Area
- 131,990 km²
- GDP
- $280.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $26,948 2025
- Life expectancy
- 81.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Greek
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +30
- Emergency numbers
- 100, 112, 166, 199
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 13,676
- Neighbours
- Albania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, North Macedonia
- Agricultural land
- 38.9% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Olympus, 2,917 m
- Lowest point
- Mediterranean Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 498
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 18
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 9°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 652 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 78.9 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 79.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +16.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 14.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 12.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 62.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 24.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 12.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Orthodox 81–90%, no religion 4–15%, other 3%, and Muslim 2% (2015)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 63.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 53.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 58.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 62.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 73.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $45,264 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.1% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $25,360 2025
- Inflation
- +2.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 60 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 3.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 15.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 67.5% 2025
- Unemployment
- 8.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 21.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 44.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 39.5% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 44% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -5.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +4.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 27.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.4 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.6% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 93.9% 2009
- Primary school enrolment
- 102% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 105% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 165% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,963 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 34.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.3 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 91% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 5 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 61.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 30.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 8.3 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 70.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and volcanoes
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 14.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 5.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 37% 2024
- Protected areas
- 11.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 5,557 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 20.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 86.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 114 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 44.7 2024
- Internet domain
- .gr
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,782 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 21.5% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 40.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 52.2% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 19,090,513 2023
- Airports
- 82 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,345 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.5% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 5,283 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 13,552 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 366 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 15% 2024