Greece — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Greece, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Greece was 26,948 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 31,696 in 2008. The lowest was 513 in 1960 (about 52.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.28% per year.
Greece ranks 63 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Greece sits below it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 50%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 34 of 57 economies; Latvia (26,312) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 32% in 1973. That is 30% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1967; grown tenfold by 1979. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 31st of 111 in 1960 → 39th of 146 in 1970 → 40th of 163 in 1980 → 45th of 192 in 1990 → 51st of 204 in 2000 → 45th of 212 in 2010 → 63rd of 210 in 2020 → 47th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,948.01 | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 24,626.15 | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 23,343.71 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 20,884.68 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 20,652.9 | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 17,886.73 | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 19,335.36 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 19,873.4 | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 18,631.99 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 17,919.24 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 17,980.73 | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 21,474.73 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 21,573.34 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 21,624.35 | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 25,504.79 | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 26,653.05 | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 29,425.46 | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 31,695.83 | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 28,440.76 | +16.5% |
| 2006 | 24,416.02 | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 22,054.13 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 21,449.26 | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 18,020.61 | +30.8% |
| 2002 | 13,782.2 | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 12,156.96 | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 11,638.2 | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 12,742.54 | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 13,022.96 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 13,015.92 | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 13,432.53 | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 12,779.08 | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 10,937.02 | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 10,257.31 | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 11,021.01 | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 10,046.67 | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 9,466.66 | +22.3% |
| 1989 | 7,737.54 | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 7,492.35 | +15.7% |
| 1987 | 6,473.58 | +16.1% |
| 1986 | 5,577.83 | +17.5% |
| 1985 | 4,746.76 | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 4,785.07 | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 4,950.06 | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 5,501.64 | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 5,305.44 | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 5,811.69 | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 5,626.59 | +21.5% |
| 1978 | 4,629.34 | +20.8% |
| 1977 | 3,832.32 | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 3,343.39 | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 3,109.38 | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 2,789.41 | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 2,468 | +31.7% |
| 1972 | 1,873.25 | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 1,629.35 | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 1,473.6 | +12.9% |
| 1969 | 1,305.64 | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 1,138.38 | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 1,053.26 | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 983.56 | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 886.77 | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 772.81 | +12.7% |
| 1963 | 685.56 | +12.7% |
| 1962 | 608.48 | +4.4% |
| 1961 | 582.56 | +13.5% |
| 1960 | 513.09 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Greece’s GDP per capita in 1961?
582.56 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Greece’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Greece’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5152.1% in total — about 6.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 26,948.01; 2024: 24,626.15; 2023: 23,343.71; 2022: 20,884.68; 2021: 20,652.9. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.