Extreme poverty rate in Greece

0.6% of people in Greece lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1995 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Greece, 2023 0.6% % of population
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 0.6%
World, 2023 10.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 0.4% Middle value of 24 countries

Extreme poverty rate in Greece over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period GreeceWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 0.6% 10.5%
2022 0.6% 10.9%
2021 0.7% 11.3%
2020 1.1% 11.4%
2019 1.0% –
2018 0.2% 11.1%
2017 1.1% 11.8%
2016 1.4% 12.6%
2015 2.0% 13.4%
2014 2.0% 14.5%
2013 1.5% 15.5%
2012 2.1% 17.8%
2011 1.5% 19.1%
2010 1.1% 21.0%
2009 0.6% 23.1%
2008 0.4% 24.1%
2007 0.6% 25.3%
2006 0.7% 27.0%
2005 0.4% 28.3%
2004 0.9% 30.3%
2003 0.6% 32.2%
2002 0.4% 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1.5%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1995 to 2023 for Greece
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform