Key Facts
- Area: 131,957 sq. kms. (50,949 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Athens
- Independence:
- Declared from Ottoman Empire: 15th January 1822
- Recognised: 3rd February 1830
- Current Constitution: 11th June 1975
- Government: Unitary Parliamentary Republic
- Population: 10,768,477 (2017 est.)
- Official Language: Greek (with a majority of the population speaking English as a second language)
- Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
- Climate: Mild, wet winters & hot, dry summers (more than 300 days of sunshine per year)
- Legal System: Based on Roman Law, judiciary divided into civil, criminal and administrative courts
- GDP (PPP): $ 312.538 billion (2018 est.)
- Per Capita (PPP): $ 29,111 (2018 est.)
- Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate: 5.25% (Dec, 2017 est.)
- Currency: EURO
- Life expectancy: 80.8 years (2018 est.)
- Health Expenditure: 8.1% of GDP
- Electrification: 100% of population
- Sanitation: 99% of population
- Major cities: Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Iraklio, Larissa, Volos
- Major Ports: Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Volos, Patras, Alexandroupolis, Elefsina, Igoumenista, Iraklio, Kavala, Rhodes, Lavrio, Chalkida, Corfu.
- Major airports: Athens International Airport, Thessaloniki, Iraklio, Rhodes, Corfu, Kos, Chania, Zakynthos, Samos, Mykonos, Santorini
- Time Zone: GMT + 2
- Calling Code: +30
- Memberships: EU, NATO, IMF, Interpol, OECD, UN, UNESCO, WHO, WTO, CERN.
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