Greece - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Greece was 0.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.70 in 1995 and a minimum value of 0.10 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1995 1.70
2000 0.50
2003 0.50
2004 0.70
2005 0.30
2006 0.60
2007 0.50
2008 0.30
2009 0.60
2010 1.00
2011 1.20
2012 1.50
2013 1.00
2014 1.50
2015 1.40
2016 1.10
2017 0.90
2018 0.10
2019 0.70

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Greece was 1.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.30 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1995 2.20
2000 1.00
2003 0.70
2004 1.00
2005 0.50
2006 0.90
2007 0.80
2008 0.50
2009 0.70
2010 1.30
2011 2.00
2012 2.90
2013 2.70
2014 3.00
2015 2.90
2016 2.10
2017 1.60
2018 0.30
2019 1.30

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Greece was 17.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.10 in 2012 and a minimum value of 17.70 in 2019.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2002 20.70
2003 19.90
2004 19.60
2005 20.50
2006 20.30
2007 20.10
2008 19.70
2009 20.10
2010 21.40
2011 23.10
2012 23.10
2013 22.10
2014 21.40
2015 21.20
2016 20.20
2017 18.50
2018 17.90
2019 17.70

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Greece was 3.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.10 in 2014 and a minimum value of 1.20 in 2008.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1995 4.50
2000 2.50
2003 1.60
2004 1.70
2005 1.60
2006 1.90
2007 1.70
2008 1.20
2009 1.50
2010 2.40
2011 4.80
2012 6.30
2013 7.10
2014 7.10
2015 7.00
2016 5.60
2017 4.70
2018 2.90
2019 3.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates