International Rankings of Greece 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Greece, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Greece, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	20	39.00	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	36	4.149 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	81	72.95 %	2018
Internet users - total	62	7.783 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	22	45.32	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	31	4.821 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	99	111.69	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	77	11.882 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	35	96.350 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	31	97.990 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	25	0.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	163	3.114 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	26	484.888 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	110	48	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	59	68	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	8	96	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	18	94	2020
Exports	49	92.925 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	54	209.790 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	102	33.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	48	20.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	67	69.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	62	34.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	125	12.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	63	1.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	113	4.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	132	16.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	27	79.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	82	34 %	2017
Gross national saving	132	10	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	77	26.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	48	94.597 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	53	3.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	84	0.20 %	2019
Labor force	91	4.000 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	87	13 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	41	72 %	2015
Population below poverty line	100	18 %	2018
Public debt	2	181.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	55	319.334 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	89	1.87 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	67	29799 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	80	7.807 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	17	48.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	30	17.30 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	52	69.370 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	67	3229	2017
Crude oil - imports	21	484300	2017
Crude oil - production	73	4100	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	81	10.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	46	56.890 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	59	1.037 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	41	57	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	56	14	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	13	29	2017
Electricity - imports	28	9.833 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	47	19.170 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	53	52.050 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	60	4.927 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	37	4.984 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	89	8.000 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	89	991.100 million	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	44	304100	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	23	371900 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	36	192200 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	29	655400 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	47	62 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	94	10 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	125	16 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	32	63	2018
Land use - arable land	50	20	2018
Land use - forest	98	31	2018
Land use - other	169	6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	34	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	39	35	2018
Total renewable water resources	79	68.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	42	9.041 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	83	208.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	36	1.991 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	159	0.11	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	45	80	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	40	5.477 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	37	1.041 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	41	19.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	95	130647 sq km	N/A
Area - total	96	131957 sq km	N/A
Area - water	101	1310 sq km	N/A
Coastline	14	13676 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	57	2917 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	68	498 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	34	15550 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	115	1110 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	32	63	2018
Land use - arable land	50	20	2018
Land use - forest	98	31	2018
Land use - other	169	6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	34	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	39	35	2018
Total renewable water resources	78	68.400 billion	2017
Population Density	124	80.90 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	24	3 % of GDP	2020
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	180	10.34	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	117	39.60	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	43	13.10	N/A
Birth rate	202	7.72 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	34	8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	14	12.05 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	4	34.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	116	2.90 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	75	56.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	160	21.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	66	17000	2020
Hospital bed density	29	4.20 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	184	3.19 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	184	4.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	185	3.61 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	28	84 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	31	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	35	81 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	112	3.00	2017
Median age - female	9	47 years	2020
Median age - male	9	44 years	N/A
Median age - total	8	45 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	9	30	2019
Net migration rate	58	0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	46	24.90 %	2016
Physicians density	6	5.48 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	86	10.570 million	2021
Population growth rate	156	0.34 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	2	20 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	1	20 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	2	20 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	13	1.11	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.80 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	136	1.39 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	25	37	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	13	34	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	18	35	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	160	0.11	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	45	80	2021
Transportation
Airports	62	77	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	19	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	24	15	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	28	18	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	21	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	32	68	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	25	10	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	88	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	60	7	2013
Heliports	17	9	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	76	21.910 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	39	15.126 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	48	97.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	17	11	2020
Railways - total	117	67 km	N/A
Waterways	93	6 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Greece on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greece 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.