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Greece

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Key facts

  • currency: Euro
  • capital city: Athens
  • region: Southern Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 128,900 km²
  • population: 10,361,295 people
  • political leader: Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [39°0′N, 22°0′E]

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Summary

Greece is a country. The capital city is Athens, located in the Southern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 128,900 km², a population of 10,361,295 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Environment see more

Greece is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Southern Europe and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 58,671.88 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 6.20 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 56.78 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 42.66 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 17.54 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 11.77 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 10.93 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 16.89 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 64.18 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.43 births per woman
  • Forest area: 39,018 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 82.57 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 76.00 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 41.40
  • Methane emissions: 9.76 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 5,297,371 people
  • Male population: 5,063,924 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 21.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 128,795.91 km²
  • Rural population: 2,002,527 people
  • Urban land area: 2,748.66 km²
  • Urban population: 8,358,768 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.87 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Greece by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Greece

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Greece

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Greece

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Greece

Greece relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Greece relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Greece

Greece relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Greece

Greece relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Greece

Greece relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Greece relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Greece relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Greece

Evolution of historical internet access in Greece

Evolution of historical land area in Greece

Evolution of historical median age in Greece

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Greece

Greece relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Greece relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Greece relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Greece relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Greece relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Greece relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Greece

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Greece relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Greece relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Greece relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Greece

Greece relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Greece

Evolution of historical male population in Greece

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Greece

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Greece

Evolution of historical rural population in Greece

Greece relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Greece

Greece relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Greece

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Greece

Greece relationship between date and population over time

Greece relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Greece

Greece relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Greece relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Greece

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Greece

Greece relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Greece relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Greece relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Greece relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Greece relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Greece

Greece relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Greece relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Greece relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Greece relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Greece relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Greece relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Greece

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Greece

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Greece

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Greece

Distribution of sites in Greece by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Greece by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Greece

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Greece by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Greece

Cities in Greece

Sites in Greece

Wildfires in Greece

Business see more

  • Central government debt: 203.29 % of GDP
  • Expense: 40.13 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 238,206,312,632.53 current US$
  • Inflation: 3.46 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 37.12 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 27.67 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 11.00 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 30.02 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Greece by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Greece

Evolution of historical expense in Greece

Evolution of historical GDP in Greece

Greece relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Greece

Evolution of historical self employed in Greece

Greece relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Greece

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Greece

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Greece

Distribution of shops in Greece by country

Companies in Greece

Exchanges in Greece

Shops from Greece

Health see more

  • Birth rate: 7.30 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 13.40 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 1,845.78 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 9.17 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.08 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 4.24 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 81
  • Suicide mortality rate: 5.10 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Greece by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Greece by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Greece

Greece relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Greece relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Greece relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Greece relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Greece relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Greece

Greece relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Greece

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Greece

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Greece

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Greece

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Greece

Greece relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Greece relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Greece

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Greece

Evolution of historical covid cases in Greece

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Greece

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Greece

Diseases in Greece

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 147,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.29
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 3.69 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 23.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Greece

Greece relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Greece relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Greece relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Greece relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Greece relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Greece relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Greece relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Greece

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Greece

Distribution of politicians from Greece by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Greece by gender

Political parties in Greece

Politicians from Greece

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Greece by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Greece

Distribution of competitions by city in Greece

Distribution of competitions by country in Greece

Distribution of competitions in Greece by start date

Distribution of medals won by Greece at the Olympics

Athletes from Greece

Competitions in Greece

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Greece by birth date

Distribution of artists from Greece by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Greece by visitors

Artists from Greece

Museums in Greece

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Greece by total students

Distribution of universities in Greece by foundation year

Universities in Greece

In literature

There are 2937 books written about Greece in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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