Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Greece instead of Portugal, you would:
Health
be 19.7% more likely to be obese
In Portugal, 20.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Greece, that number is 24.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
pay a 15.0% lower top tax rate
Portugal has a top tax rate of 56.5% as of 2016. In Greece, the top tax rate is 48.0% as of 2016.
make 15.2% less money
Portugal has a GDP per capita of $32,200 as of 2020, while in Greece, the GDP per capita is $27,300 as of 2020.
be 2.6 times more likely to be unemployed
In Portugal, 6.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Greece, that number is 17.3% as of 2019.
Life
be 62.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Portugal, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Greece, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
be 42.0% more likely to die during infancy
In Portugal, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Greece, on the other hand, 3.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 23.4% less on education
Portugal spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Greece spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 17.9% less on healthcare
Portugal spends 9.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Greece, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 7.6 times more coastline
Portugal has a total of 1,793 km of coastline. In Greece, that number is 13,676 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, GSIS, Greece, Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.
Greece: At a glance
How big is Greece compared to Portugal? See an in-depth size comparison.