Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Greece
Greece: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 69.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Greece, 1995–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Greece stood at 69.8%.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Greece peaked at 81.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 49.3%, in 2009.
Greece ranks 85th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 74.7% | — |
| 2000 | 67.7% | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 58.0% | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 55.6% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 55.3% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 54.8% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 51.5% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 49.3% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 59.0% | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 70.7% | +19.8% |
| 2012 | 79.1% | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 81.0% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 80.9% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 80.3% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 79.9% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 79.8% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 77.5% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 74.2% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 73.8% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 69.8% | -5.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 69.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Greece's 69.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.7% | 74.7% | 74.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 55.4% | 49.3% | 67.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 76.3% | 59.0% | 81.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.8% | 69.8% | 73.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Greece?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Greece was 69.8% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 81.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.3% in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Greece ranks 85th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.