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Greece

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Capital:	Athens
Area size (Land only):	128900 sq. km Approximately half the size of the United Kingdom
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +2, Summer Time GMT +3
Currency:	Euro
Area code:	(+) 30
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Mediterranean climate; hot, dry summers and wet, mild winters.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Greek
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	11.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	11.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	11.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	11.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	11.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	11.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	11.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	11.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	11.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
10.9 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Most people are of Greek origin. There are small Turkish, Albanian, Macedonian and Roma minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Predominantly Greek Orthodox, with a Muslim minority.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	59.2 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	59.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	59.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	58.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	58.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	58.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	58.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	58.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1942 1959
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
100 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	14.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	14.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	14.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	14.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	14.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	15.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	78.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	78.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	78.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	78.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	78.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	78.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	76.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	80.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	81.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	80.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	80.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	80.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	80.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	3 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	9 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	24	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	24	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	24	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	24	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	24	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	24	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
100 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Population with access to improved sanitation
98 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Literacy - average

2004	96.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	91.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	97.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	97.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	97.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	97.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	94.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	98.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	94.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	88.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	96.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	96.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	96.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	537 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	541 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	557 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	571 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	575 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	572 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	572 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	511 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	517 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1239 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1107 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	990 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	927 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	844 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	811 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	847 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	726 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	542 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	325 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	330 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	290 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	220 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	200 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	160 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	150 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	109 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	91 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	57	Transparency International 2008
2007	56	Transparency International 2007
2006	54	Transparency International
2005	47 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	49 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	50 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	44	Transparency International
2001	42 (joint)	Transparency International
2000	52 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	25740 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	23780 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	21790 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	18500 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	14770 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	12550 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	12370 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	14430 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	313.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	268.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	247.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	230.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	193.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	148.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	130.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	125.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	4.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	4.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	2.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	3.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.5 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
26.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	438 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	438 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	438 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	392 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	18 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	18 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	18 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	19 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	19 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	20 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	20 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	21 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	67	UNHCR
2007	92	UNHCR
2006	91	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	331	UNHCR
2004	224	UNHCR
2003	270	UNHCR
2002	301	UNHCR
2001	97	UNHCR
2000	125	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	2164	UNHCR
2007	2228	UNHCR
2006	2289	UNHCR
2005	2390	UNHCR
2004	2489	UNHCR
2003	2771	UNHCR
2002	2788	UNHCR
2001	6948	UNHCR
2000	6653	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2007	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	9	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	At least 24	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	12	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	4.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	4.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	5.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	5.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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