Poverty & Inequality in Greece

160 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Greece.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 61,849 people 2023 down 63.0% 77th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 9.84 million people 2023 up 4.1% 44th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 2.83 million people 2023 up 55.5% 37th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 52.8% 2023 down 22.9% 84th
Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 3.2% 2023 down 69.2% 88th
Number of people living in extreme poverty 10.35 million people 2023 down 4.2% 63rd
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 61,849 people 2023 down 63.0% 77th
Number of people living in extreme poverty 61,849 people 2023 down 63.0% 77th
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 3.2% 2023 down 69.2% 88th
The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 7.3% 2023 down 38.1% 43rd
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 12.9% 2023 down 24.8% 44th
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 19.4% 2023 down 18.7% 46th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 72.8% 2023 down 12.7% 82nd
Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.8% 2023 down 71.0% 84th
Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 77th
Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 5.4% 2023 down 60.5% 88th
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 61,849 people 2023 down 63.0% 77th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 2.83 million people 2023 up 55.5% 37th
Gini coefficient 0.3344 2023 down 7.4% 70th
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% 75th
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 18.8% 2021 down 18.6% 34th
Share of population living below national poverty lines 18.8% 2021 down 18.6% 34th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.9% 2023 down 53.7% 25th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3075 2021 down 4.9% 27th
Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.3075 2021 down 4.9% 27th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 9.53 million people 2021 down 1.1% 41st
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.6% 2021 down 51.4% 67th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 69.8% 2021 down 1.3% 85th
Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.6% 2021 down 51.4% 67th
Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 60,226 people 2021 down 53.8% 68th
Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 1.2% 2021 down 42.0% 74th
Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 2.5% 2021 down 47.0% 82nd
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.6% 2021 down 49.5% 66th
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 36.9% 2023 down 0.9% 13th
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 22.6% 2023 down 18.3% 23rd
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 18.8% 2021 down 18.6% 34th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 35.0% 2025 down 21.5% 11th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 13.1% 2025 down 19.1% 33rd
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 23.1% 2025 down 34.9% 30th
Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -7.77 Number 2025 down 463.0% 42nd
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 4.5% 2025 down 4.3% 28th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 8.7% 2025 down 63.8% 42nd
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 21.4% 2025 down 24.1% 4th
Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 71.7% 2025 down 6.3% 30th
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 5.9% 2025 down 10.6% 12th
Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 25.0% 2025 down 16.7% 6th
Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 32.2% 2025 down 31.9% 28th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 3.3% 2025 down 82.8% 43rd
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 6.5% 2025 down 74.3% 31st
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0092 2022 25th
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 28.1% 2025 down 41.5% 1st
Subjective poverty by sex and age 67.2% 2025 down 13.5% 1st