Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Greece
Greece: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3344 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
0.3344
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
70th
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.365
in 1995
All-time low
0.3276
in 2003
Years of data
24
1995–2023
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Greece, 1995–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.3344 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Greece peaked at 0.365 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.3276, in 2003.
That places Greece 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.365 | — |
| 2000 | 0.3444 | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3552 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3276 | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3359 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.346 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3512 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3395 | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3359 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3362 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.341 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3484 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3625 | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3613 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.358 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.36 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3496 | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3435 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3289 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.331 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3356 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3294 | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3337 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3344 | +0.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.3344 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.3344 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.365 | 0.365 | 0.365 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3413 | 0.3276 | 0.3552 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3484 | 0.3289 | 0.3625 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3333 | 0.3294 | 0.3356 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 67 Pakistan 0.3354 compare
- 68 North Macedonia 0.3351 compare
- 69 Switzerland 0.3346 compare
- 71 Guinea-Bissau 0.3344 compare
- 72 Spain 0.3341 compare
- 73 Thailand 0.3332 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,053 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 39.78 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 39.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Greece?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Greece was 0.3344 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.365 in 1995.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3276 in 2003.
- How does Greece rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Greece ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.