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Aliases: Ellas or Ellada, Elliniki Dimokratia, Hellenic Republic, Hellenic State

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Geography
Area 131,957 km²
Continent Europe
Land area 130,647 km²
Water area 1,310 km²
Land boundaries 1,110 km
Border countries
  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Macedonia
  • Turkey
Coastline 13,676 km
Mean elevation 498 m
Lowest point 0 m
Highest point 2,917 m
People
Population 10,607,051
Official languages
  • Greek
Religion Greek Orthodox
Government
Long country name Hellenic Republic
Short country name Greece
Long local name Elliniki Dimokratia
Short local name Ellas or Ellada
Former name
  • Hellenic State
  • Kingdom of Greece
Government type Parliamentary republic
Capital Athens
Economy
GDP (PPP) 299,300,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 200,700,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 1.4 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 27,800 USD
Gross national saving 10.9 % of GDP
Labor force 4,769,000
Unemployment rate 21.5 %
Population below poverty line 36 %
Budget revenues 97,990,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 96,350,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 2.28 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 48.8 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit 0.8 % of GDP
Public debt 181.8 % of GDP
Inflation rate 1.1 %
Central bank discount rate 0.05 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 5.25 %
Stock of narrow money 106,600,000,000 USD
Stock of broad money 106,600,000,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 248,700,000,000 USD
Market value of publicly traded shares 42,080,000,000 USD
Current account balance -1,596,000,000 USD
Exports 31,540,000,000 USD
Imports 52,270,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 7,807,000,000 USD
External debt 506,600,000,000 USD
National currency euros
National currency (code) EUR
National currency (symbol)
National currency rate to USD 0.885

Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between supporters of the king and other anti-communist and communist rebels. Following the latter's defeat in 1949, Greece joined NATO in 1952. In 1967, a group of military officers seized power, establishing a military dictatorship that suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country. In 1974 following the collapse of the dictatorship, democratic elections and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy. In 1981, Greece joined the EC (now the EU); it became the 12th member of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 2001. Greece has suffered a severe economic crisis since late 2009, due to nearly a decade of chronic overspending and structural rigidities. Beginning in 2010, Greece entered three bailout agreements - with the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB), the IMF, and the third in 2015 with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) - worth in total about $300 billion. The Greek Government formally exited the third bailout in August 2018.

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