Greece

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Its GDP per capita is the 42nd highest in the world and is US$19,785.

The GDP of Greece is the 58th highest in the world and is around US$153 billion which represents 0.182 percent of total global GDP.

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The GDP of Greece is the 58th highest in the world and is around US$153 billion which represents 0.182 percent of total global GDP.

Its GDP per capita is the 42nd highest in the world and is US$19,785.

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Its purchasing power is around US$29,189 which ranks it as the 50th highest in the world.

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It has the 64th highest GDP per surface area which is US$1.1 billion per square kilometer or nearly US$3 billion per square mile.

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Emigration

Emigration from Greece is estimated to be around 1 million people, or just under 10 percent of the population. Around half of migrants have migrated to other member states of the European union as a result of limited economic opportunities due to economic reforms in the last decade. The remaining half has mainly migrated to North America, Australia and Turkey.

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Military spending

The Greek military, called the Hellenic Armed Forces consists of a land force, a large Navy and an Air Force. It has a total budget of US$5.472 million which is 2.81 percent of its GDP. This makes Greece the 35th highest military spender in the world and the highest military spender in the European union as a share of its GDP.

Military membership

Greece is also a member of 12 international military organizations which makes it the 17th most connected military in the world. It is a member of the following organizations:

Common Security and Defence Policy
Permanent Structured Cooperation
Member state of NATO
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Wassenaar Arrangement

Nuclear Suppliers Group
Australia Group
Missile Technology Control Regime
International Atomic Energy Agency
NATO

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International wars

Greece has partaken in 13 international wars. These are:

Crimean War 1853-1856
Second Balkan War 1913-1913
Noemvriana 1916-1916
Russian Civil War 1917-1911
Turkish War of Independence 1919-1913

Greco-Turkish War 1919-1911
Corfu incident 1913-1913
Incident at Petrich 1915-1915
World War II 1939-1945
Korean conflict 1945-present

Korean War 1950-1953
Turkish invasion of Cyprus 1974-1974
Libyan Civil War 2011-2011

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Membership (international political organizations)

Greece is a member of 16 international political organizations which ranks it as the 27th most politically interconnected state in the world. It is a member of the following organizations:

Member state of the United Nations
International Labour Organization
European Union
the Council of Europe
Energy Community
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Union for the Mediterranean
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Member states of the Organization internationale de la Francophonie

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Democracy/dictatorship rating

It is the 36th most democratic state in the world with some minor drawbacks such as corruption as well as tax evasion by government officials.

Democracy/Dictatorship

The politics of Greece is in the form of a parliamentary representative democracy. The president of Greece is chosen by the parliament and is the head of state.

Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy
UNIDROIT
International Criminal Court
Interpol
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Western European and Others Group
World Organization for Animal Health

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Immigration to Greece has largely been discouraged due to a lack of financial resources. These resources have been allocated to the vital support that is needed for refugees from the Middle East that have crossed the Mediterranean Sea and are located in Greece. Currently, around 11.13 percent or nearly 1.2 million people have migrated to Greece. The states of origin of these migrants are fairly evenly spread out throughout Europe and the Levant region with a notable high Albanian population that represents one third of all immigrants.

Greece has a literacy rate of 96.6 percent which makes it the 74th most literate state in the world. This is largely thanks to a compulsory educational system that is provided for free to all citizens between the ages of five and 16.

Greece has the 22nd highest life expectancy in the world with an average life expectancy of 82.8 years. Women reach 85.1 years while men reach 80.5 years. This is largely due to a healthy diet which is considered to be one of the healthiest in the world. One of the leading causes of death in Greece are heart related diseases such as strokes and coronary heart diseases as well as diseases that are mosquito borne. The Greek Health care system is provided for free to all Greek and EU citizens.

Religion is mainly dominated by Orthodox Christianity. Some minor tension exists between the Orthodox Greek population and the non-Orthodox Greek population in the form of suspicion towards each other, but overall, all religions coincide peacefully.

The Greek Orthodox Church is followed by nearly 90 percent of the total Greek population which makes it the 16th most Christian state in the world. Christianity plays a central part in daily life and is seen so by nearly 8 percent of the population.

Islam is followed by 5.4 percent of the population and consists of Muslims that settled in Greece during the Ottoman occupation as well as migrants coming from the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa.

Around 0.13 percent of the population adheres to Buddhism. However, until the fifth century BC, Greece was part of the Greco-Buddhist religion which was a blend between Greek philosophy and Buddhism.

Hinduism is represented by 0.07 percent of the population and is largely present in and around the capital Athens.

Judaism has been present in Greece since Roman times and has had many Jewish centres throughout the Byzantine and Ottoman Empire. However, when Greece was conquered by Nazi Germany, many Jews perished. Today, most Jews live in and around the larger Greek cities.

Around 0.1 percent of the population adheres to other religions. These are mainly Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists and followers of the Baha'i faith.

Known as the birthplace of democracy, it's ancient philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle as well as its ancient architecture such as the Acropolis, Greece has had a long history of civilization. Around 750 BC, the territory of Greece existed as multiple city states that regularly went to war with each other. As a result of centuries of fighting, Greece became conquered by Alexander the great in the fifth century BC and later on became a province of the Roman empire., Greece became part of the Byzantine Empire until it was taken over by the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 15th century. From the 15th century onwards Greece was under Ottoman rule, but proclaimed its independence in 1827. Since then, Greece has changed from a monarchy to a republic and has become part of the European union. .

Located in the most southeastern part of Europe, Greece consists of a large mainland and more than 3000 islands. It is part of the Balkan region of Europe. Its territory consists of high, densely forested mountains mainland with low lying valleys in between these mountains. To its north it borders Albania North Macedonia and Bulgaria and to the east it borders Turkey, and the southern and eastern part of Greece borders the Mediterranean Sea.

Greece is the 95th largest state in the world with a total surface area of 432,617 square kilometers or 51,204 square miles. This makes Greece and slightly larger than Nicaragua and slightly smaller than Tajikistan.

Greece has a total water surface area of 1317 square kilometer or 513 square mile which makes it the 101st largest in the world.

Below, a graph is shown which displays the absolute amount of water of each state in square kilometers and square miles.

Water in Greece comes mainly from its mountain region where it comes down in the form of rain and is filtered by porous rock. Around one percent of Greece's surface is covered by water.

Afghanistan's share of water, as well as the other states are displayed below.

The climate of Greece is at Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers. This climate is largely present throughout Greece with the exception of its northern territory where winters are cold, and summers are mild. The average temperature is 15.7 degrees Celsius or 60.2 degrees Fahrenheit and is the 128th highest in the world.

During the summer period, from June to October, the average temperature goes up to 21 degrees Celsius or 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit.

During the winter the temperature drops down to 12 degrees Celsius or 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Most of its rainfall occurs between September to June and mainly occurs on its islands and on its western coast. With around 64.5 centimetres or 25.4 inches of rainfall, Greece is the 140th state with the highest amount of rainfall.

The capital of Greece, Athens is home to around 1 million people. The capital that is closest located is Skopje North Macedonia with a distance of 488 kilometers or 303 miles. The capital that is furthest removed from Greece is Wellington New Zealand with a distance of 10,883 miles or 17,514 kilometers.

Since its accession to the European union, Greece has been one of the largest beneficiaries of EU funds which has been contributing around five percent of its GDP. After the economic crisis of 2008, the Greek economy faced a sovereign debt crisis which has led to the two several bail outs by the European emergency fund. As a result, Greece has had to implement heavy austerity measures which further dampened the Greek economy. Only in 2018 has Greece started to recover. Currently there is limited diversification in its economy which is largely made up of the exports of petroleum, textiles and agricultural products as well as a heavy reliance on its tourism sector. Most of its exports mainly go to other member states of the European union as well as Turkey and Cyprus. Most of its imports come from Germany, Italy and Russia as well as the import of petroleum from Iraq.

Greece is a member of 18 international economic organizations which makes it the 26th most connected state in the world. It is a member of the following organizations:

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Bank for International Settlements
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges
Financial Action Task Force
International Energy Agency
International Monetary Fund
OECD - Organization for Economic

Co-operation and Development

World Bank Group

World Customs Organization
World Trade Organization
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
TRACECA Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia
International Energy Agency
Energy Charter Treaty
Energy Community
Nuclear Energy Agency
International Renewable Energy Agency

The relative Gross Domestic Product in Purchasing Power Parity compares the purchasing power of this state with that of the rest of the world. The graph on the left shows how much purchasing power of 1$ compared to the purchasing power of other states

With 10.6 million people, Greece is the 86th most populous state in the world. Greece has a diverse range of people due to its geographical location between Europe and Asia and Africa. Historically, the land has been occupied by the Ottomans, the Romans and the Byzantines with each bringing their own people to the region. In recent history, there has been an influx of migrants coming from the Middle Eastern region due to political instability. Another large influx of migrants has been crossing the Mediterranean Sea and landed in Greece. These people are looking for economic opportunities as well as fleeing political instability.

Greece has a population density of 80 people per square kilometer or 206 people per square mile which makes it the 105th most densely populated state in the world.

The remaining 4.09 percent of the population does not adhere to any faith.