This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Greece and Turkey. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Greece | Turkey | |
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Region: | Southern Europe | Western Asia |
Area: | 131,960 km² | 785,350 km² |
National language: | Greek | Turkish |
Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Parliamentary republic |
Independent since: | 1830 AD | 1923 AD |
Capital: | Athens | Ankara |
Population
Details for Greece and TurkeyGreece | Turkey | |
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Population: | 10,641,000 | 84,775,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 80.6 | 107.9 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 79 years | Ø 73 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 84 years | Ø 79 years |
Average age: | Ø 45.3 years | Ø 32.2 years |
Birth rate: | 7.90 ‰ | 15.03 ‰ |
Death rate: | 12.20 ‰ | 6.38 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 1.00 ‰ | -1.55 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Greece | Turkey | |
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Political stability: | 65 | 33 |
Civil rights: | 61 | 36 |
Health: | 89 | 60 |
Climate: | 70 | 62 |
Cost of Living: | 50 | 94 |
Popularity: | 45 | 50 |
Economy
Details for Greece and TurkeyGreece | Turkey | |
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Currency: | euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | Turkish lira (1 TRY =100 Kurus) |
Unemployment rate: | 14.8 % | 13.4 % |
Inflation rate: | 1.22 % | 19.60 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 74.67 % | 34.40 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 51.90 % | 42.30 % |
Average income: | 20,000 US$ | 9,900 US$ |
Corruption index: | 51 (bad) | 62 (bad) |
GRC: total | per 1000 inh. | TUR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 214,874 M US$ | 20.19 M US$ | 819,035 M US$ | 9.66 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 212,807 M US$ | 20.00 M US$ | 839,645 M US$ | 9.90 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 87,521 M US$ | 8.22 M US$ | 282,851 M US$ | 3.34 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 103,532 M US$ | 9.73 M US$ | 285,578 M US$ | 3.37 M US$ |
Gross debt: | 417,953 M US$ | 39.28 M US$ | 266,233 M US$ | 3.14 M US$ |
Budget deficit: | 16,072 M US$ | 1.51 M US$ | 16,988 M US$ | 0.20 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Greece and TurkeyGRC: total | per 1000 inh. | TUR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 117,000 km | 10.99 km | 67,333 km | 0.79 km |
Railways: | 2,279 km | 0.21 km | 10,378 km | 0.12 km |
Waterways: | 6 km | 0.00 km | 1,200 km | 0.01 km |
Harbours: | 1,236 | 0.1162 | 1,217 | 0.0144 |
Passenger airports: | 38 | 0.0036 | 51 | 0.0006 |
Energy balance
Details for Greece and TurkeyGRC: total | per 1000 inh. | TUR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 56.89 bn kWh | 5.35 m kWh | 231.10 bn kWh | 2.73 m kWh |
Energy production: | 52.05 bn kWh | 4.89 m kWh | 261.90 bn kWh | 3.09 m kWh |
Energy export: | 1.04 bn kWh | 97,451.22 kWh | 1.44 bn kWh | 17,009.65 kWh |
Energy imports: | 9.83 bn kWh | 924,048.10 kWh | 6.33 bn kWh | 74,667.88 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 60.00 m t | 5,638.45 t | 396.84 m t | 4,681.07 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Greece and TurkeyGreece | Turkey | |
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International dialing: | +30 | +90 |
Internet domain: | .gr | .tr |
GRC total | GRC per 1000 inh. | TUR total | TUR per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 5,028,332 | 473 | 12,448,604 | 147 |
Mobile cellulars: | 11,412,995 | 1073 | 82,128,104 | 969 |
Internet server: | 3,201,000 | 301 | 7,093,000 | 84 |
Internet users: | 8,330,717 | 783 | 65,505,783 | 773 |
Broadband Internet: | 4,435,090 | 417 | 18,135,736 | 214 |
Healthcare system
Details for Greece and TurkeyGreece | Turkey | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 4.20 | 2.85 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.59 | 1.76 |
Diabetes: | 4.7 % | 11.1 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.04 ‰ | 0.18 ‰ |
Smokers: | 33.5 % | 30.7 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Greece and Turkey
Greece | Turkey | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 22.4 °C | 20.5 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 12.6 °C | 9.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 18.8 °C | 17.5 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 66 % | 63 % |
Rain days: | 5.1 | 6.4 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.4 | 6.7 |
Native languages
Religions
Greece | Turkey | |
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Islam: | 1.3 % | 99.0 % |
Christianity: | 98.0 % | 0.2 % |
Yazidism: | n/a | 0.1 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 0.1 % |
other: | 0.7 % | 0.6 % |