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Greece vs Spain
How Greece and Spain compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Spain was higher: 83.7 years against 81.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Spain was higher: $29,760 against $21,920
- Population · In 2023, Spain was higher: 47.9 million people against 10.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Greece was higher: 2.99% of GDP against 2.13% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Greece was higher: 5.05 tonnes against 4.51 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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