Greece, Europe
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Athens, capital city of Greece
Greece is a Mediterranean EU member revitalising growth through shipping, tourism, and record wind and solar installations across its islands and mainland.
Greece in one word would be “Acropolis,” meaning ancient citadel.
Greece Flag
Greece armorial
Greece is a country located in the Southern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.
Easy learning about Greece |
The capital city of Greece is Athens.
| Greece is located in | Southern Europe Europe Continent |
| Member of | European Union since 1981 Euro since 2001 Schengen since 2000 NATO since 1952 |
| Greece has a population of | 10,242,908 inhabitants within a total area of 131,940 Km2 (81,984 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Greece’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 40 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.79 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Greece HDI ranks in position nº 34 worldwide HDI of 0.908 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Greece’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 187 countries Greece passport ranks 5th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Greece GDP per capita is | $25,756 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Greece ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Greece EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Very high proficiency has a score of 602 ranks 8th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 39° 00' N, 22° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey, Bulgaria. |
| Greece Climate | arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
| Most predominant religion | Greek Orthodox, |
| Second most predominant religion | Muslim |
| Currency name & code | Euro (EUR) |
| Internet ccTLD | .gr |
| Greece calling code | +30 |
Greece administrative divisions
13 regions (perifereies) and 1 autonomous monastic state* (aftonomi monastiki politeia)
- Agion Oros* (Mount Athos),
- Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace),
- Attiki (Attica),
- Dytiki Ellada (West Greece),
- Dytiki Makedonia (West Macedonia),
- Ionia Nisia (Ionian Islands),
- Ipeiros (Epirus),
- Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia),
- Kriti (Crete),
- Notio Aigaio (South Aegean),
- Peloponnisos (Peloponnese),
- Sterea Ellada (Central Greece),
- Thessalia (Thessaly),
- Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean)
ONEZ World Map
This map allows you to zoom, hover over a country to identify it, and click to view its article.
Take a look at the list of articles in my personal blog
...or head straight for the next reading
If for some reason you're feeling bored on this page, go travel and find out more about the world’s countries!