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the European Union and Greece

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the European Union

Greece

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Greece 26.4% against the European Union 7.7%, 18.7 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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the European Union
Greece

People

Median age2.3 years
44.9 years
47.2 years
Life expectancy at birth0.4 years
81.5 years
81.9 years
People43.45×
450.6m
10.4m
People per square kilometre37.7%
110 per km²
79.8 per km²
Women in the population0.1 points
51.0%
50.9%
Born abroad3.4 points
14.4%
11.0%
Born outside the EU1.6 points
10.4%
8.8%

Money and work

Disposable income per person96.1%
€22,939
€11,700
Average net income93.9%
€25,952
€13,381
Take-home pay, average-wage worker39.3%
€29,954
€21,498
Gross pay, average-wage worker47.2%
€43,658
€29,652
In work, age 20 to 645.1 points
76.1%
71.0%
Out of work2.9 points
6.0%
8.9%
Hours worked a week3.7 hours
37.3 hours
41.0 hours
At risk of poverty3.3 points
16.3%
19.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income18.7 points
7.7%
26.4%
GDP per person76.9%
€41,700
€23,570

Family and home

People at home4.3%
2.3
2.4
Households with children0.6 points
28.7%
28.1%
Children per woman8.1%
1.34
1.24
Own their home0.9 points
68.5%
69.4%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds19.9%
507 per 100,000 people
423 per 100,000 people
Doctors80.4%
374 per 100,000 people
674 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree2.0 points
36.9%
34.9%
Students per 1,000 people2.01×
42.4 per 1,000 people
85.3 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them79.0%
€19,707
€11,009
Tax raised per person70.2%
€16,198
€9,516
Government debt64.4 points
81.7%
146.1%

Country and infrastructure

Land area32.08×
4,225,104 km²
131,694 km²
Railway density3.51×
49.1 per 1,000 km²
14.0 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density5.5%
18.6 per 1,000 km²
17.7 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people2.2%
584 per 1,000 people
597 per 1,000 people
Households with internet6.1 points
94.8%
88.7%
Tourist nights per resident2.19×
6.73
14.74

Environment

Renewable energy0.7 points
26.2%
26.9%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

the European Union

Greece

Function
the European Union
Greece
12.4%
17.1%
3.0%
4.6%
3.5%
4.2%
10.8%
12.4%
1.7%
1.9%
1.5%
1.1%
15.0%
11.9%
2.4%
2.0%
9.7%
8.2%
40.0%
36.7%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: the European Union and Greece

  1. Where do more people live: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 43.45×: the European Union 450.6m, Greece 10.4m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 32.08×: the European Union 4,225,104, Greece 131,694. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 3.51×: the European Union 49.1, Greece 14.0. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. rail_if_line_tr · 2024. See the figure

  4. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 18.7 points: Greece 26.4%, the European Union 7.7%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. ilc_lvho07a · 2025. See the figure

  5. Which spends more on health per resident: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 2.26×: the European Union €2,959, Greece €1,307. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  6. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 2.01×: Greece 85.3, the European Union 42.4. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  7. Who has more to spend, the typical person in the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 96.1%: the European Union €22,939, Greece €11,700. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 80.4%: Greece 674, the European Union 374. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where are more children born per woman: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 8.1%: the European Union 1.34, Greece 1.24. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. demo_find · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where does more energy come from renewables: the European Union or Greece?

    The gap is 0.7 points: Greece 26.9%, the European Union 26.2%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.