Poverty & Inequality in Greece 160 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Greece. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 16.9% 51st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 44.5% 83rd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.33 live births per woman 2023 up 3.3% 207th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,053 kg per hectare 2024 down 5.4% 65th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.7% 127th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year 2024 up 13.6% 130th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 39.78 2023 up 9.7% 10th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 39.8% 2023 up 9.7% 10th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 6.8% 119th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -3.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 184.7% 147th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.103 2023 down 16.3% 136th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.5% 2023 up 3.9% 58th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0753 2023 down 1.1% 209th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0753 2023 down 1.1% 209th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0922 2023 down 3.8% 199th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 down 60.0% 81st Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 60.0% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 71.4% 87th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 3.2% 2023 down 68.9% 90th Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 31.6% 89th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1682 2023 down 11.8% 138th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 60.0% 81st Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 15.9% 2023 down 22.1% 84th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 down 68.6% 91st Population living in slums 0.1% 2012 down 80.0% 151st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.825 2023 up 7.3% 31st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.825 2023 up 7.3% 31st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.825 2023 up 7.3% 31st Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.6% 2023 down 60.0% 85th Three metrics of inequality 45.34 2022 down 0.7% 96th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4534 2022 down 0.7% 96th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 673.23 2023 up 8.9% 24th Income share held by second 20% 12.6% 2023 up 6.8% 42nd Income share held by third 20% 16.9% 2023 unchanged 41st Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2023 down 3.0% 37th Income share held by highest 20% 40.8% 2023 down 3.3% 74th Income share held by highest 10% 26.0% 2023 down 1.5% 69th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.7% 2023 up 35.0% 72nd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.2% 2023 up 22.0% 63rd Gini index 33.4 2023 down 7.5% 73rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 12.9% 2023 down 25.0% 48th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 26.68 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 57.2% 77th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2023 down 55.0% 78th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 19.6% 2025 down 8.4% 9th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3819 2022 down 1.3% 84th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 23.2% 2025 down 9.0% 29th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3819 2022 down 1.3% 84th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 30.1% 2025 down 20.8% 2nd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 22,959 2017 down 12.0% 47th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 27.5% 2025 down 15.1% 5th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 14.9% 2025 down 15.3% 4th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 33.5% 2022 up 5.5% 97th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 11.8% 2022 up 50.8% 82nd Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 16.6% 2020 up 43.1% 4th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 28.8% 2020 up 4.0% 7th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 37.4% 2023 up 20.1% 23rd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3344 2023 down 7.4% 70th Page 1 of 3 Next →