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Greece: economy

Greece's economy figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Greece, the page says so.

GDP per head: Greece is the 26th highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

index, EU = 100: 68 for Greece, against 100 for the EU as a whole.

Greece against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

GDP per head

index, EU = 100

Greece: 68 in 2025, against 100 for the EU as a whole — the 26th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head: Greece and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
24Slovakia75
25Latvia71
26Greece68
27Bulgaria68
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)100
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 96 in 2006. Lowest: 62 in 2020.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 67*.
  • Above the EU figure in 0* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

GDP per head, adjusted for prices

purchasing power standard

Greece: 28,470 in 2025, against 41,699 for the EU as a whole — the 26th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head, adjusted for prices: Greece and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
24Slovakia31,139
25Latvia29,519
26Greece28,470
27Bulgaria28,332
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)41,699
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 28,470 in 2025. Lowest: 12,744 in 1995.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 25,476*.
  • Above the EU figure in 0* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

Economic growth

real GDP, change on the year

Greece: 2.1% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the joint 11th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Economic growth: Greece and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
9Spain2.8%
10Czechia2.6%
joint 11Greece2.1%
joint 11Latvia2.1%
13Portugal1.9%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 8.7% in 2021. Lowest: -9.9% in 2011.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.1%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 16* of 30* years with a figure for both (1996–2025).

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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