Greece

Country at a glance

Greece is a southern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Athens. The country joined the European Communities in 1981 as the southern-Mediterranean enlargement. Economically, Greece is a southern Mediterranean economy dominated by tourism, shipping and agriculture, recovering from the 2010–2018 sovereign-debt crisis. The country has used the euro since 2001, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Greek is the official language and the country is divided into 4 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Greece is currently 12th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 16th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Greece stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🔴Public debt 146.1% of GDP — 1st highest in EU
• 🔴Unemployment 8.9% — 3rd highest in EU (EU avg 6.0%)
• 🟡Fertility rate 1.2 — well below the 2.1 replacement level
• 🟡Female employment 56.5% — 3rd lowest in EU (EU avg 66.6%)

Greece vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Greece's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Greece, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Greece

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Greece (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Greece buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Greece.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Greece.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (403 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API