GREECE

Capital Athens
Area (km2) 131 957
Total population (thousands, 2019) 10 722
Population density (per km2) 81
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.statistics.gr
Hellenic Statistical Authority
Women in the labour force, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 17%
   hourly wage, 2018 10%
Women in part-time employment, 2019
   percentage of employed women 14%
Female tertiary students, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 24%
Women researchers, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 38%
Life expectancy at birth, 2020
   females, years 83.7
   males, years 78.6
Life expectancy at 65, 2020
   females, years 21.3
   males, years 18.4
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 8.4
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 30.6
 
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-2.9
3.4
-0.5
1.4
1.2
-1.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
24.9
23.6
21.5
19.3
..
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
49.8
47.3
43.6
39.9
35.2
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2019 329 229
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2019 30 707
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2019 40.1
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2019 41.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2019 27 320
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2019 0.557
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 31
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 18

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 2 240
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2004 730
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2017 1 234
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 65
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2017 1 112
      million tonne-kilometres, 2017 358
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 2016 20 903