Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Greece
Greece: Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status was 16.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
16.6%
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
4th
of 37 countries
All-time high
22.4%
in 2016
All-time low
11.0%
in 2009
Years of data
15
2003–2020
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Greece, 2003–2020
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2020, severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Greece stood at 16.6%.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Greece peaked at 22.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2009.
Greece ranks 4th of 37 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.6% | 11.0% | 16.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 11.6% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 16.6% | 16.6% | 1 |
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 severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Greece?
- Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Greece was 16.6% in 2020, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest severe material deprivation rate by tenure status recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 22.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest severe material deprivation rate by tenure status recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for severe material deprivation rate by tenure status?
- Greece ranks 4th out of 37 countries with data for 2020.
- Is severe material deprivation rate by tenure status rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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