Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Greece
Greece: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 3.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Greece, 2008–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Greece is 3.3%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 27.7% on the previous year and up 59.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Greece peaked at 3.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2009.
Greece ranks 15th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.33 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,053 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 39.78 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.103 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 23.54 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0753 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0753 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0922 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1682 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Greece?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Greece was 3.3% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Greece ranks 15th out of 26 countries with data for 2020.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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