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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

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.

Location on a map: [39°0′N, 22°0′E]

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Environment

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
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • 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

Cities in Greece

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Greece

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Greece

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Greece

Evolution of historical forest area in Greece

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Greece

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Greece

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Greece

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Greece

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Greece

Evolution of historical land area in Greece

Evolution of historical median age in Greece

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Greece

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Greece

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Greece

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Greece

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Greece

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Greece

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Greece

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Greece

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Evolution of historical population in Greece

Relationship between urban land area and population in Greece

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 rural land area in Greece

Evolution of historical rural population in Greece

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Greece

Evolution of historical urban land area in Greece

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Greece

Evolution of historical urban population in Greece

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

Relationship between population and date in Greece

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Greece

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Greece

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Greece

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Greece

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Greece

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Greece

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Greece

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Greece

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Greece

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Greece

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Greece

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Greece

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Greece

Distribution of sites in Greece by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Greece

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Greece

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Greece

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

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

Geographical distribution of sites in Greece by area

Sites in Greece

Proportion of transboundary sites in Greece

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Greece by mean width

Wildfires in Greece

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Greece

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 147,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.29
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Individuals using the internet: 85.01 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 3.69 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 5,000 people
  • Press freedom: 2.69
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 23.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Greece

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Greece

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Greece

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Greece

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Greece

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Greece

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Greece

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Greece

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Greece

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Greece

Evolution of historical net migration in Greece

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

Political parties in Greece

Distribution of politicians from Greece by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Greece

Politicians from Greece

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Business

  • 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

Proportion of revenue types by company in Greece

Distribution of companies founded in Greece by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Greece

Companies from Greece

Proportion of employee types in companies from Greece

Evolution of historical central government debt in Greece

Evolution of historical expense in Greece

Evolution of historical GDP in Greece

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Greece

Evolution of historical inflation in Greece

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Greece

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Greece

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Greece

Evolution of historical unemployment in Greece

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Greece

Exchanges in Greece

Proportion of shops per country in Greece

Shops in Greece

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Health

  • 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

Evolution of historical death rate in Greece

Evolution of historical birth rate in Greece

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Greece

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Greece

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Greece

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Greece

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Greece

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Greece

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 at birth in Greece

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Greece

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Greece

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Greece

Diseases in Greece

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Greece

Proportion of diseases in Greece by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Greece by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Greece

Evolution of historical deaths in Greece

Relationship between cases and deaths in Greece

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Greece by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Greece

Athletes from Greece

Proportion of competitions per city in Greece

Competitions in Greece

Proportion of competitions per country in Greece

Distribution of competitions in Greece by start date

Proportion of medals won by Greece in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Greece

Distribution of artists from Greece by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Greece

Geographical distribution of museums in Greece by visitors

Museums in Greece

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Greece by total students

Distribution of universities in Greece per foundation year

Universities in Greece

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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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