Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Greece instead of Ireland, you would:
Economy
make 69.6% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $89,700 as of 2020, while in Greece, the GDP per capita is $27,300 as of 2020.
be 3.5 times more likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Greece, that number is 17.3% as of 2019.
be 36.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 13.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Greece, however, that number is 17.9% as of 2018.
Life
be 40.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Ireland, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Greece, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
have 38.2% fewer children
In Ireland, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Greece, there are 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 15.2% less likely to have internet access
In Ireland, approximately 92.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Greece, about 78.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 16.4% more on healthcare
Ireland spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Greece, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 9.4 times more coastline
Ireland has a total of 1,448 km of coastline. In Greece, that number is 13,676 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Greece: At a glance
How big is Greece compared to Ireland? See an in-depth size comparison.