Main data about Greece
Official
name : Hellenic Republic
Geographical
data
Superficy
: 131 957 km2
Population : 11,08 millions inhabitants
Capital : Athens
Main cities : Athens (4,5 millions inhabitants),
Thessalonique (1 million inhabitants)
Official language: greek
Money : euro
National feast : 25 march
Population
data
Demographic
growth: - 0,2 per thousand inhabitants
Life expectancy: 80,5 years for the women, 75,3
years for the men
Rate of elimination of illiteracy: 97,3 % of the
adults
Religion: Orthodoxe Christians (96,7 %)
Index of human development (Report/ratio UNO 2005,
figures 2003): 0,912 (24th row)
Economics
data
GDP
(2005): 180 billion euros
GDP per head (2004): 18 400 euros
Growth rate (2005): 3,7 %
Rate of unemployment (2005): 9,9 %
Rate of inflation (2005): 3,6 %
Net budgetary Position (2005): - 4,5% of the GDP
Balance commercial (2005): - 27,5 billion euros
Structure of the GDP 2004:
- agriculture: 7,3 %
- industry: 20,4 %
- services: 72,3 %
Source
: diplomatie.gouv.fr (Ministère des affaires
étrangères) 2006
