Griechenland - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 37 59 N, 23 44 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: Athens is the oldest European capital city; according to tradition, the city is named after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom; in actuality, the appellation probably derives from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Greece
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years
land: 130,647 sq km
water: 1,310 sq km
arable land: 19.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 8.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 34.8% (2018 est.)
forest: 30.5% (2018 est.)
other: 6.1% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 62.66% (male 3,285,484/female 3,292,524)
65 years and over: 23.31% (2023 est.) (male 1,086,188/female 1,361,294)
major-language sample(s):
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)
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male: 79.2 years
female: 84.4 years
male: 44.3 years
female: 47.9 years
rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 20 years
female: 20 years (2020)
16.3% (2020 est.)
17.31% (2019 est.)
212.38% of GDP (2019 est.)
208.84% of GDP (2018 est.)
-1.25% (2020 est.)
0.25% (2019 est.)
$59.022 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$81.184 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$71.758 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$83.192 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 78% (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2021 est.)
Greece and Turkey continue discussions to resolve their complex maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea; Greece has a security wall along a portion of its land border with Turkey to deter border crossings by migrants and has announced intentions to extend the wall along the entire border