Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Greece
Greece: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 52.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
Greece recorded 52.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Greece peaked at 68.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 34.1%, in 2009.
Greece ranks 84th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.0% | 61.0% | 61.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 40.4% | 34.1% | 51.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.0% | 43.1% | 68.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.8% | 52.8% | 58.1% | 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)
- 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Greece?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Greece was 52.8% 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 $30 a day recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 68.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1% in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Greece ranks 84th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. 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 $30 a day. 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.