Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Romania instead of Greece, you would:
Health
live 5.7 years less
In Greece, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Romania, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 82.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 17.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Romania, that number is 3.1% as of 2019.
pay a 66.7% lower top tax rate
Greece has a top tax rate of 48.0% as of 2016. In Romania, the top tax rate is 16.0% as of 2016.
be 33.0% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Greece, 17.9% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Romania, however, that number is 23.8% as of 2018.
Life
have 15.1% more children
In Greece, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Romania, there are 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 6.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Greece, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Romania, 19.0 women do as of 2017.
be 64.5% more likely to die during infancy
In Greece, approximately 3.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Romania, on the other hand, 5.8 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 26.9% less on healthcare
Greece spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Romania, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 98.4% less coastline
Greece has a total of 13,676 km of coastline. In Romania, that number is 225 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF), GSIS, Greece.
Romania: At a glance
How big is Romania compared to Greece? See an in-depth size comparison.