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Greece

39.0N 22.0E · 33 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND RECOGNITION OF AN INDEPENDENT GREECE · 1821 (UPRISING); RECOGNIZED 1830 / 1832
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1832 – present · The Modern Greek State
11 EVENTS
13 February 1914 · The Great Powers award the eastern Aegean islands to Greece 2 REFS
1919–1922 · Asia Minor Catastrophe 2 REFS
1453 – 1832 · Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence
5 EVENTS
1460 · Ottoman conquest of the Morea 2 REFS
25 March 1821 (traditional) · Outbreak of the Greek War of Independence 2 REFS
146 BCE – 1453 CE · Roman and Byzantine Greece
4 EVENTS
146 BCE · Rome sacks Corinth and conquers Greece 2 REFS
330 CE · Foundation of Constantinople 2 REFS
338 BCE – 31/30 BCE · The Hellenistic Age: Alexander and His Successors
4 EVENTS
338 BCE · Battle of Chaeronea 2 REFS
334 BCE · Alexander invades the Persian Empire 2 REFS
c. 800 BCE – 323 BCE · Archaic and Classical Greece
5 EVENTS
c. 508/507 BCE · Cleisthenes founds Athenian democracy 3 REFS
490 BCE · Battle of Marathon 2 REFS
c. 3000 BCE – c. 1100 BCE · Minoan, Mycenaean and the Bronze Age Aegean
4 EVENTS
c. 2000–1450 BCE · Rise of the Minoan palaces on Crete 2 REFS
c. 1600 BCE · Flourishing of Mycenaean civilization 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Athens
Population
11 m
Area
131,990 km²
Region
Southern Europe
Languages
Greek
Currency
Euro (€)
Demonym
Greek
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$281 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$26,948’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.1%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.5%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
83.5%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
10 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
81.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
79.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
93.9%’09 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
70.5’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
68.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
55.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
62.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
62.1’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
53.9’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
8.4%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
6.58’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
3.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
91.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
96.7%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
93.9%’09 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.4%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
102.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
105.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
165.1%’23 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
1.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
5,283’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
86.3%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
114’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
15.0%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
128,900 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
30.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
41.7%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
5.0’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
21.5%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Bauxite
960 kt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
3.1%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$8.0 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
147,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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