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Greece vs Ukraine
How Greece and Ukraine compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Greece was higher: 81.9 years against 73.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Greece was higher: $21,920 against $2,197
- Population · In 2023, Ukraine was higher: 37.7 million people against 10.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Ukraine was higher: 39.56% of GDP against 2.99% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Greece was higher: 5.05 tonnes against 3.13 tonnes
Every measure
GreeceUkraine
| Measure | Greece | Ukraine | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 81.9 | 73.4 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 3.3 | 5.9 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 98.9 | 87.6 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 4.19 | 4.07 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 3.5 | 25.6 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 10.2 million | 37.7 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | -2.08 | -1.55 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.33 | 0.98 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 79.2 | 69.6 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 45.8 | 42 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 23.5 | 18.6 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -15.6 | -8 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $21,920 | $2,197 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 2.1 | 1.8 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 2.9 | 12.7 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 146.6 | 107.1 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 10 | 9.9 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2009 | 93.9 | 99.42001 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2017 | 98.5 | 92.72014 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.74 | 0.39 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.88 | 0.58 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 82,590 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 2.99 | 39.56 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $7.81B | $77.6B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $842 | $2,197 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 6 | 62.9 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 147,000 | 298,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.26 | 0.86 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 3.2 | 1.43 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 574 million | 2.26 billion | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 2 million | 120 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 16 | 10.6 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 3 | 0.9 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 51.4 | 8.2 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 5.05 | 3.13 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 86.3 | 82.5 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 37 | 17.4 | |
Each country on its own
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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