Science & Technology in Greece

126 indicators covering science & technology for Greece.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 5,283 2023 up 99.0% 22nd
Research & development spending as a share of GDP 1.5% 2023 up 81.6% 29th
Medical technology availability 52.25 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 50.4% 4th
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 12.61 Number 2012 down 35.9% 23rd
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 88.6% 2024 up 1.2% 41st
Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 63.1% 2019 up 180.6% 40th
R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 25,205 Persons 2023 up 319.8% 21st
Number of R&D researchers per million people 5,283 per million people 2023 up 99.0% 22nd
Researchers (HC) - % Female 39.6% 2023 up 0.6% 56th
GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 3,655 Million euro 2024 up 145.5% 29th
GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 3,655 Million euro 2024 up 145.5% 29th
Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 2,602 Megawatt 2024 down 52.9% 18th
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 69,270 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 59.9% 24th
R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 69,270 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 59.9% 24th
Technicians in R&D 585.1 per million people 2011 down 32.4% 25th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 43.2% 2023 up 11.1% 59th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 43.2% 2023 down 13.5% 59th
Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 2,462 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.6% 19th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 30.3% 2023 up 14.2% 40th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 90.25 Number 2017 down 13.0% 42nd
Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 89,396 Head count 2023 up 66.3% 21st
Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 89,396 Head count 2023 up 66.3% 21st
Researchers (FTE) - % Female 40.2% 2023 up 3.5% 41st
Individuals - internet use 89.2% 2025 up 33.4% 44th
Individuals - frequency of internet use 88.8% 2025 up 40.9% 41st
Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 123 Number 2025 up 35.2% 25th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 43.8% 2023 up 13.3% 43rd
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 46.1% 2023 down 2.4% 45th
Share of female researchers by sector of performance 39.6% 2023 up 0.6% 19th
Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 7,375 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 257.0% 13th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 49.1% 2023 down 1.2% 24th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 31.1% 2023 up 12.6% 27th
National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 49.26 Million euro 2024 up 21.8% 18th
Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 63 Number 2013 down 5.6% 44th
Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 0 Number 2021 37th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 26.74 Number 2013 up 39.8% 39th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 46.2% 2023 down 11.1% 28th
Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 98.3% 2025 up 17.1% 32nd
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 11.52 Number 2013 down 49.5% 44th
Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 97.2% 2025 up 19.8% 13th
Mobile broadband internet traffic 2.64 Exabyte 2025 up 6,502.5% 15th
Broadband internet coverage by technology 94.8% 2025 down 0.4% 11th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 17.87 Number 2012 down 43.1% 41st
Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 1 Number 2012 down 87.0% 53rd
Medical technology - historical data 468 Number 2020 up 28.6% 10th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 1.7% 2025 down 83.2% 15th
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 13.4% 2025 down 47.5% 6th
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 13.4% 2025 down 47.5% 6th
Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 17.26 Number 2013 up 53.3% 38th
High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 5.0% 2022 up 73.8% 36th
R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 0.8% 2023 down 55.4% 14th
Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 38.9% 2023 up 13.4% 16th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 2 Number 2013 down 18.6% 33rd
Internet purchases by individuals 62.9% 2025 up 64.2% 19th
Financial activities over the internet 5.6% 2025 up 3.3% 34th
Fixed broadband internet traffic 13.99 Exabyte 2025 up 832.8% 10th
Internet purchases by individuals 32.4% 2019 up 328.4% 35th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 57.22 Number 2012 up 1.5% 21st
Internet purchases - goods or services 41.0% 2024 19th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 20.27 Number 2012 up 37.2% 19th