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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 61.0% | — |
| 2000 | 51.2% | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 43.5% | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 42.6% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 40.3% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 40.4% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 40.1% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 35.2% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 34.1% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 43.1% | +26.5% |
| 2011 | 54.9% | +27.4% |
| 2012 | 64.9% | +18.1% |
| 2013 | 68.4% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 68.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 66.5% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 66.1% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 65.7% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 62.9% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 58.5% | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 58.1% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 53.3% | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 55.2% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 52.8% | -4.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 52.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 2.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 52.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +27.4% | 43.1% | 54.9% |
| 2010 | +26.5% | 34.1% | 43.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.0% | 61.0% | 61.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 40.4% | 34.1% | 51.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.0% | 43.1% | 68.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.8% | 52.8% | 58.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 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.