GREECE

Capital Athens
Area (km2) 131 957
Total population (thousands, 2023) 10 407
Population density (per km2) 79
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.statistics.gr
Hellenic Statistical Authority
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 17%
   hourly wage, 2023 14%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 12%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 50%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 37%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 40%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 84.4
   males, years 79.2
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 21.8
   males, years 18.6
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 7.5
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 31.0
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
2.2
-2.6
5.1
2.4
1.2
1.2
Unemployment rate
 (%)
17.9
17.6
14.7
12.5
11.1
10.1
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
35.2
35.0
35.5
31.4
26.7
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 436 229
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 41 356
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 42.0
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 47.3
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 36 397
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2023 0.516
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, 2023 1 822
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 2 296
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 1 161
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 59
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 673
      million tonne-kilometres, 2019 490
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 2016 20 903