Development Ledger · Europe
Greece
HDI rank 34 of 193High incomeGDI group 2
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.908
+0.138 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.825
9.1% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
81.9 yrs
Expected schooling 20.8 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$35,761
Mean schooling 11.6 yrs
HDI over Time
Greece against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.952
Education0.887
Income0.888
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.69. A child born today will be 69% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Greece against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.