GREECE

Capital Athens
Area (km2) 131 957
Total population (thousands, 2021) 10 569
Population density (per km2) 80
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.statistics.gr
Hellenic Statistical Authority
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 17%
   hourly wage, 2018 10%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 13%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 50%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 24%
Women researchers, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 82.9
   males, years 77.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 20.7
   males, years 17.6
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 7.4
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 31.0
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-0.5
4.6
2.2
-1.8
2.7
3.8
Unemployment rate
 (%)
21.8
19.7
17.9
17.6
14.7
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
43.6
39.9
35.2
35.0
35.5
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 331 638
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 31 168
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 40.9
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 48.6
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 27 916
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2021 0.548
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, 2021 2 339
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2004 730
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 1 213
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 64
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 653
      million tonne-kilometres, 2019 490
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 2016 20 903