Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Greece
Greece: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 19.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Greece, 1995–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Greece stood at 19.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Greece peaked at 24.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 18.9%, in 2022.
That places Greece 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 23.2% | — |
| 2000 | 22.2% | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 21.5% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 20.4% | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 20.3% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 20.2% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 21.8% | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 19.6% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 21.6% | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 23.4% | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 24.4% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 23.9% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 23.2% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 23.6% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 22.2% | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 21.6% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 20.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 21.1% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 18.9% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 19.4% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.2% | 23.2% | 23.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 20.7% | 19.6% | 22.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 22.5% | 20.7% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 18.9% | 21.1% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Greece?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Greece was 19.4% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 24.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.9% in 2022.
- How does Greece rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Greece ranks 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.