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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2024)		10 048^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		76.8^a
Capital city		Athens
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		3 154.2^c,d
UN membership date		25 October 1945
Surface area (km2)		131 957^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93.9^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	195 605	188 480	217 286^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-0.2	-9.3	5.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	18 100.4	17 929.6	20 923.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	4.4	4.7	4.3^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	16.4	16.7	19.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	79.2	78.6	76.6^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	12.5	10.3	11.2^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	15	15	15.6^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	72.4	74.7	73.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	25	15.9	9.7^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	44.5 / 58.7	43.3 / 57.3	44.7 / 59.2^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	101	101	116^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	104	103	95^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	28 289	35 070	55 052^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	47 264	55 534	88 606^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 18 975	- 20 463	- 33 555^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 611	- 12 413	- 15 056^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.7	-0.3	-1.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	78	79.4^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.1^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.3	1.4	1.3^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	83.6 / 77.9	84.3 / 78.8	84.5 / 79.5^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.5 / 27.0	14.2 / 28.8	13.2 / 30.7^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 242.9 / 11.7	1 340.5 / 12.9	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	37.6	177.5	190.8^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	4.2	3.8	3.4^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.2	9.5	9.2ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	5.9	6.3	6.4ⁿ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.7	3.6^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.5 / 100.7	98.1 / 98.5	98.5 / 98.8ⁿ
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.0 / 100.2	101.4 / 104.1	102.0 / 104.9ⁿ
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.4 / 109.1	104.8 / 106.7	106.6 / 108.6ⁿ
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.9	0.7	1.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	23	20.7^o	23^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^p (per 100 inhabitants)	66.8	78.1^q	83.2^q,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1	1.5	1.5ⁿ
Threatened species (number)	291	520	590^e
Forested area (% of land area)	30.3	30.3	30.3ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	61.6 / 5.7	44.8 / 4.3	46.4 / 4.4ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	357	191	199ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	90	78	81ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	23 599	7 374	27 836^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	87.3	87.3	87.3^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	93.7 / ...	96.7 / ...	97.4 / ...^b
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^s (% of GNI)	-0.04	0.24	0.13^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the localities of Calithèa, Peristérion and Piraeus, among others.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		2021
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
q		Users in the last 3 months.
r		Information is based on the border survey conducted by the Bank of Greece.
s		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).