Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Greece
Greece: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3344 in 2023. ▬ Flat
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.
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 Luxembourg 0.3359 compare
- 68 Pakistan 0.3354 compare
- 69 North Macedonia 0.3351 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 39.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.103 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.5% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0753 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0753 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0922 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1682 (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.