Greece

Country at a glance

Greece is a southern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Athens. The country joined the European Communities in 1981 as the southern-Mediterranean enlargement. Economically, Greece is a southern Mediterranean economy dominated by tourism, shipping and agriculture, recovering from the 2010–2018 sovereign-debt crisis. The country has used the euro since 2001, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Greek is the official language and the country is divided into 4 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Greece is currently 12th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Greece, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Greece

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Greece (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Greece buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Greece.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Greece.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (28 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API