Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece
Greece: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 72.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece, 1995–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece is 72.8%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece peaked at 83.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 53.0%, in 2009.
Greece ranks 82nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 77.3% | — |
| 2000 | 70.9% | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 63.0% | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 61.6% | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 59.1% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 59.2% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 58.9% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 56.0% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 54.7% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 53.0% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 63.4% | +19.7% |
| 2011 | 74.2% | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 81.7% | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 83.4% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 83.7% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 82.9% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 82.5% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 82.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 77.2% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 76.8% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 72.8% | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 74.5% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 72.8% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.3% | 77.3% | 77.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 59.6% | 53.0% | 70.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 63.4% | 83.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2% | 72.8% | 76.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Greece was 72.8% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 83.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.0% in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Greece ranks 82nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.