Greece

Facts

Population:  10,623,835 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  14.98% (male 820,219; female 771,466) 15-64 years:  67.3% (male 3,580,535; female 3,569,755) 65 years and over:  17.72% (male 834,234; female 1,047,626) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.21% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  9.83 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  9.73 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  1.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.8 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  6.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  78.59 years male:  76.03 years female:  81.32 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.33 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.16% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  8,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Greek(s) adjective:  Greek
Ethnic groups:  Greek 98%, other 2% note:  the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece
Religions:  Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Languages:  Greek 99% (official), English, French
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  95% male:  98% female:  93% (1991 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $181.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $17,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  8.3% industry:  27.3% services:  64.4% (1998)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  3% highest 10%:  25.3% (1993 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  3.1% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  4.32 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  industry 21%, agriculture 20%, services 59% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:  11.3% (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $45 billion expenditures:  $47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:  tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum
Industrial production growth rate:  7% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  46.432 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  89.6% hydro:  9.72% nuclear:  0% other:  0.68% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  43.343 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  1.65 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  1.811 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products
Exports:  $15.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:  manufactured goods, food and beverages, petroleum products
Exports - partners:  EU 49% (Germany 15%, Italy 13%, UK 6%), US 6% (1999)
Imports:  $33.9 billion (c.i.f., 2000)
Imports - commodities:  manufactured goods, foodstuffs, fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:  EU 66% (Italy 15%, Germany 15%, France 9%, UK 6%) (1999)
Debt - external:  $57 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $5.4 billion from EU (1997 est.)
Currency:  drachma (GRD); euro (EUR) note:  on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in Greece (which entered the European Monetary Union on 1 January 2001) at a fixed rate of 340.750 drachmae per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002
Currency code:  GRD; EUR
Exchange rates:  drachmae per US dollar - 380.21 (December 2000), 365.40 (2000), 305.65 (1999), 295.53 (1998), 273.06 (1997), 240.71 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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