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Greece and Cyprus

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Greece

Cyprus

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Greece 26.4% against Cyprus 2.4%, 24.0 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Greece
Cyprus

People

Median age6.2 years
47.2 years
41.0 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
81.9 years
83.5 years
People10.55×
10.4m
983k
People per square kilometre33.7%
79.8 per km²
107 per km²
Women in the population0.1 points
50.9%
50.7%
Born abroad16.6 points
11.0%
27.6%
Born outside the EU9.6 points
8.8%
18.4%

Money and work

Disposable income per person88.6%
€11,700
€22,066
Average net income95.8%
€13,381
€26,200
Take-home pay, average-wage worker31.8%
€21,498
€28,340
Gross pay, average-wage worker17.0%
€29,652
€34,692
Minimum wage1.4%
€1,073
€1,088
In work, age 20 to 6410.3 points
71.0%
81.3%
Out of work4.5 points
8.9%
4.4%
Hours worked a week1.2 hours
41.0 hours
39.8 hours
At risk of poverty4.7 points
19.6%
14.9%
Housing costs over 40% of income24.0 points
26.4%
2.4%
GDP per person56.3%
€23,570
€36,850

Family and home

People at home4.2%
2.4
2.5
Households with children4.8 points
28.1%
32.9%
Children per woman11.3%
1.24
1.38
Own their home0.2 points
69.4%
69.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds28.5%
423 per 100,000 people
330 per 100,000 people
Doctors21.6%
674 per 100,000 people
554 per 100,000 people
Nurses58.5%
365 per 100,000 people
578 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree17.2 points
34.9%
52.1%
Students per 1,000 people42.4%
85.3 per 1,000 people
59.9 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them25.1%
€11,009
€13,774
Tax raised per person42.1%
€9,516
€13,523
Government debt91.1 points
146.1%
55.0%

Country and infrastructure

Land area14.23×
131,694 km²
9,253 km²
Motorway density66.5%
17.7 per 1,000 km²
29.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people12.2%
597 per 1,000 people
670 per 1,000 people
Households with internet8.8 points
88.7%
97.5%
Tourist nights per resident25.7%
14.74
18.53

Environment

Renewable energy5.4 points
26.9%
21.5%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Greece

Cyprus

Function
Greece
Cyprus
17.1%
13.8%
4.6%
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
12.4%
7.5%
1.9%
1.5%
1.1%
5.4%
11.9%
16.0%
2.0%
1.4%
8.2%
13.2%
36.7%
32.3%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Greece and Cyprus

  1. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 24.0 points: Greece 26.4%, Cyprus 2.4%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. Eurostat · Housing costs over 40% of income · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 14.23×: Greece 131,694, Cyprus 9,253. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  3. Where do more people live: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 10.55×: Greece 10.4m, Cyprus 983k. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  4. Which government owes more: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 91.1 points: Greece 146.1%, Cyprus 55.0%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. Eurostat · Government debt · 2025. See the figure

  5. Where were more residents born abroad: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 16.6 points: Cyprus 27.6%, Greece 11.0%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU · 2025. See the figure

  6. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 88.6%: Cyprus €22,066, Greece €11,700. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. Eurostat · Disposable income per person, Average net income, & Disposable income by age · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where do more adults hold a degree: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 17.2 points: Cyprus 52.1%, Greece 34.9%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 28.5%: Greece 423, Cyprus 330. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where does more energy come from renewables: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 5.4 points: Greece 26.9%, Cyprus 21.5%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Eurostat · Renewable energy · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where do more households have children: Greece or Cyprus?

    The gap is 4.8 points: Cyprus 32.9%, Greece 28.1%. Share of private households with at least one dependent child. Eurostat · Households with children · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.