Greece
in figures
2002
National Statistical Service of Greece
I. POPULATION
Ia. De facto population of Greece by sex and age groups
Censuses
1971(1) 1981(1) 1991(1) 2001(2)
Greece, total . . . . . . . . . . 8.768.372 9.739.589 10.259.900 10.964.020
Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.286.748 4.779.571 5.055.408 5.426.446
Females . . . . . . . . . . . 4.481.624 4.960.018 5.204.492 5.537.574
0 - 14 years . . . . . . 2.223.904 2.307.297 1.974.867 1.548.208
15 - 64 years . . . . . . 5.587.352 6.192.751 6.880.681 7.385.227
65 years and over . . . . . . 957.116 1.239.541 1.404.352 2.030.585
Percentage distribution %
Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,89 49,07 49,27 49,49
Females . . . . . . . . . . . 51,11 50,93 50,73 50,51
0 - 14 years . . . . . . 25,36 23,69 19,25 14,12
15 - 64 years . . . . . . 63,72 63,58 67,06 67,36
65 years and over . . . . . . 10,92 12,73 13,69 18,52
1. 25% and 10% sample elaboration of the 1971 and 1981 census returns, correspondingly.
Complete elaboration of the 1991 census returns.
2. Final data for the total of Greece and provisional data by sex and age groups.
Percent distribution of population by age groups
%
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Less than 15 years 15-64 years 65 years and over
Census 1971
Census 1991
Census 1981 Census 2001
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Ib. De jure population of Greece,
by geographic region
Censuses
Geographic region
1971 1981 1991 2001
Greece total . . . . . . . . . . . 8.894.981 9.667.336 10.134.534 10.215.539
Central Greece and Evia . . . . 3.069.605 3.469.423 3.806.565 3.883.212
of which:
Department of Attiki . . . . . 2.213.136 2.557.706 2.881.745 3.002.980
 Greater Athens . . . . . 1.985.221 2.276.750 2.519.661 .
 Rest of Attiki . . . . . . . 227.915 280.756 362.084 .
Athens Prefecture . . . . . . . . . 2.078.653
E. Attiki Prefecture . . . . . . . . . 278.083
W. Attiki Prefecture . . . . . . . . 134.092
Pireas Prefecture . . . . . . . . . . 512.152
Peloponnissos . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.158.895 1.211.793 1.221.679 1.174.916
Ionian Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.538 225.838 217.489 214.911
Ipiros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.785 419.635 416.328 396.732
Thessalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.225 800.814 827.029 796.174
Makedonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.931.179 2.127.729 2.235.105 2.315.280
Thraki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.857 373.835 360.437 369.383
Aegean Islands . . . . . . . . . . . 495.165 488.190 481.276 486.680
Kriti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.732 550.079 568.626 578.251
Note: The administrative structure of Attiki department in Prefectures is in use according to
the law 2539/97.
Ic. Vital statistics
1971 1981 1991 1998 1999
Marriages . . . . . . . . . . 73.350 71.178 65.568 55.489 61.165
Per 1.000 inhabitants . . . 8,3 7,3 6,4 5,3 5,8
Divorces . . . . . . . . . . .
3.675 6.349 6.351 7.814 9.629
Per 1.000 marriages:
50,1 89,2 96,9 140,8 157,4
Live births . . . . . . . . . .
141.126 140.953 102.620 100.894 100.643
Per 1.000 inhabitants . . .
16,0 14,5 10,0 9,6 9,6
Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73.819 86.261 95.498 102.668 103.304
Per 1.000 inhabitants . . .
8,4 8,9 9,3 9,8 9,8
Main causes of death:
14.603 21.074 29.765 32.732 32.330
a. Heart diseases . . . . . .
12.737 16.642 19.968 22.443 23.430
b. Neoplasms . . . . . . . . . .
c. Cerebrovascular di-
seases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.597 15.991 18.791 18.946 18.514
d. Diseases of the respi-
ratory system . . . . . . . 4.704 5.969 4.676 5.160 5.708
e. Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . 3.413 4.161 3.646 4.029 3.959
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II. EMPLOYMENT  UNEMPLOYMENT
IIa. Labour force
In thousands
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Labour force . . . . . . . . . . 4.445,7 4.463,2 4.437,4 4.362,2 4.369,0
Persons employed . . . . 3.967,2 3.939,8 3.946,3 3.917,5 3.948,9
% of the total labour
force .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,2 88,3 88,9 89,8 90,4
By branch:
Agriculture, livestock,
fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704,2 669,1 670,7 627,0 623,8
Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,3 18,6 16,5 17,8 18,9
Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . 578,0 568,8 557,0 557,4 540,8
Electricity, gas . . . . . . . . . 35,3 40,9 38,1 34,3 33,7
Construction and public
works . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282,3 273,3 276,6 284,8 293,9
Trade, restaurants,
hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,9 926,6 930,6 928,2 947,3
Transport, storage,
communication . . . . . 244,8 248,2 251,4 250,0 243,5
Banking, insurance and
management of real
estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290,5 292,7 303,2 320,9 324,3
Other services . . . . . . . . . 896,7 901,6 902,3 897,1 922,7
Not declared . . . . . . . . . .     
Persons unemployed 478,5 523,4 491,1 444,7 420,1
% of the total labour
force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,8 11,7 11,1 10,2 9,6
Note: Since 1998 the data are harmonized according to the Eurostat s definitions and
refer to the 2nd quarter of each year.
Unemployment rates
%
18
*
*
*
16
*
*
14
12



10

8




6
4
2
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Both sexes Males

*
Females

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IIb. Population of 15 years and over, by employment status and sex
In thousands
Labour force
Econo-
% % mically
%
per- per-
per-
Reference Grand non
cent cent
Emplo- unem-
cent
period total active
Total over over
over
yed ployed
la- la-
popu-
popu-
bour bour
lation lation
force force
1998: 1st Ouarter 8.710,1 4.437,4 50,9 3.919,2 88,3 518,1 11,7 4.272,8
2nd 8.720,2 4.445,7 51,0 3.967,2 89,2 478,5 10,8 4.274,5
3rd 8.731,6 4.459,8 51,1 3.981,1 89,3 478,7 10,7 4.271,8
4th 8.741,4 4.444,5 50,8 3.942,5 88,7 502,0 11,3 4.296,9
1999:1st Ouarter . 8.792,5 4.490,0 51,1 3.955,0 88,1 535,0 11,9 4.302,5
2nd 8.803,5 4.463,2 50,7 3.939,8 88,3 523,4 11,7 4.340,4
3rd 8.812,3 4.458,1 50,6 3.939,2 88,4 518,9 11,6 4.354,2
4th 8.826,4 4.450,5 50,4 3.897,5 87,6 553,0 12,4 4.375,9
2000:1st Ouarter . 8.860,1 4.431,1 50,0 3.896,9 87,9 534,2 12,1 4.429,1
2nd 8.876,3 4.437,4 50,0 3.946,3 88,9 491,1 11,1 4.438,9
3rd 8.882,1 4.439,4 50,0 3.962,4 89,3 477,1 10,7 4.442,7
4th 8.897,6 4.404,1 49,5 3.932,3 89,3 471,8 10,7 4.493,5
2001:1st Ouarter . 8.978,8 4.375,9 48,7 3.899,3 89,1 476,6 10,9 4.602,9
2nd 8.954,1 4.362,2 48,7 3.917,5 89,8 444,7 10,2 4.591,9
3rd 8.960,0 4.360,3 48,7 3.925,5 90,0 434,8 10,0 4.599,7
4th 8.965,5 4.334,4 48,3 3.863,2 89,1 471,3 10,9 4.631,1
2002:1st Ouarter . 8.960,6 4.341,3 48,4 3.865,9 89,1 475,4 10,9 4.619,3
2nd 8.977,2 4.369,0 48,7 3.948,9 90,4 420,1 9,6 4.608,2
IIc. Annual average unemployment percentage
1998 1999 2000 2001
11,1 11,9 11,1 10,5
III. HEALTH  SOCIAL INSURANCE
IIIa. Public health
1974 1984 1994 1998 1999
Hospital units . . . . . . . . . 725 595 362 341 339
Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 239 144 144 144
Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 356 218 197 195
(1)
Per 100.000 inhabitants: 634,7 576,8 496,7 499,2 487,8
Beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hospital doctors . . . . 92,1 142,8 179,9 212,3 215,4
Nursing personnel . .
156,1 220,4 359,4 389,2 390,5
Patients discharged (in
thousands) . . . . . . . . 959 1.187 1.416 & &
Days of treatment (in
thousands) . . . . . . . . 13.952 14.313 12.737 & &
& &
% Coverage . . . . . . . . . . 74 69 67
(1) Comparatively to 1998, the reduction of the number of beds ( 2.08%) in some
hospitals, mostly in the Psychiatric Hospital of Attiki (Dafni), is due to the damages
caused by the earthquake.
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IIIb. Social insurance
1971 1981 1991 1998 1999*
Social insurance expe-
nditures (in million
drachmae)(1) . . . . . . . 37.902 314.870 3.073.033 6.921.588 7.480.546
Persons directly insu-
red: (in thousands)
Principal pension . . . . . . . 3.185 3.664 4.121 4.214 4.415
Subsidiary pension . . . . 802 1.160 2.419 2.709 2.624
Welfare benefits . . . . . . . 596 808 1.055 1.109 1.067
Sickness benefits . . . . . . 3.150 4.446 4.955 6.089 6.813
Other benefits . . . . . . . . . 871 1.269 1.508 1.623 1.706
1. Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare.
* Provisional data
IV. EDUCATION
School units, educational institutions. Teaching staff,
pupils  students, by education level
1980/81 1990/91 1998/99 1999/00(1) 2000/01(1) 2001/02(1)
1. Primary education
a. Pre-school edu-
cation:
Nursery schools . . 4.576 5.518 5.575 5.600 5.675 5.694
Kindergardens . . 6.514 8.400 9.278 8.859 9.626 10.211
Infants . . . . . . . . . 145.924 136.536 144.133 145.472 144.657 144.055
b. Elementary edu-
cation:
School units . . . . 9.461 7.653 6.431 6.367 6.212 6.074
Teachers . . . . . . . 37.315 43.599 49.186 46.510 48.852 49.842
Pupils . . . . . . . . . . 900.641 813.353 647.446 643.475 641.368 647.041
2. Secondary general
education
a. High schools 
lycea . . . . . . . . . . 2.243 2.966 3.219 3.208 3.217 3.244
Teaching staff. . . 31.737 49.802 59.365 53.352 54.719 54.123
Pupils . . . . . . . . . . 639.633 716.404 640.730 619.796 604.412 589.669
b.Secondary tech-
nical-vocational
and ecclesiastic
education(2):
School units . . . . 799 572 622 651 669 &
Teaching staff . . 7.834 10.501 18.363 13.597 15.270 &
Students . . . . . . . 100.425 134.949 136.718 145.529 157.217 &
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IV. (continued)
1980/81 1990/91 1998/99 1999/00(1) 2000/01(1) 2001/02(1)
3. Third-level edu-
cation
a. Technical, voca-
tional and eccle-
siastic education:
Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 109 76 86 94 74 &
Teaching staff . . . . . 3.413 5.717 7.827 8.149 8.902 &
Students(3) . . . . . . . 28.810 78.156 75.801 76.589 91.564 &
Graduates with certi-
ficate or diploma 7.163 8.758 10.430 . . .
b. Third-level higher
education
Educational insti-
tutions .. . . . . . . . 13 17 18 18 18 &
Teaching staff . . . . . 6.924 8.497 9.314 9.567 10.149 &
Students(3) . . . . . . . 85.718 116.938 116.249 130.651 148.772 &
Graduates with certi-
ficate or diploma 14.914 18.432 20.866 . . .
1. Data at the beginning of the school-academic year.
2. Since the school-year 1997/98 (L. 2525/97 of the Educational Reform) the new type of
lyceum has been established and all the lycea (GVL, TVL,MBL) have been converted to
Multi Lycea. Also for the scool-year 1998/99 in all the former TVL, TVE (Technical
Vocational Establishments) are operating.
3. Excluding students who have completed attendance but still have some lessons to pass.
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IV. (continued)
1980/81 1990/91 1998/99 1999/00(1) 2000/01(1) 2001/02(1)
3. Third-level edu-
cation
a. Technical, voca-
tional and eccle-
siastic education:
Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 109 76 86 94 74 &
Teaching staff . . . . . 3.413 5.717 7.827 8.149 8.902 &
Students(3) . . . . . . . 28.810 78.156 75.801 76.589 91.564 &
Graduates with certi-
ficate or diploma 7.163 8.758 10.430 . . .
b. Third-level higher
education
Educational insti-
tutions .. . . . . . . . 13 17 18 18 18 &
Teaching staff . . . . . 6.924 8.497 9.314 9.567 10.149 &
Students(3) . . . . . . . 85.718 116.938 116.249 130.651 148.772 &
Graduates with certi-
ficate or diploma 14.914 18.432 20.866 . . .
1. Data at the beginning of the school-academic year.
2. Since the school-year 1997/98 (L. 2525/97 of the Educational Reform) the new type of
lyceum has been established and all the lycea (GVL, TVL,MBL) have been converted to
Multi Lycea. Also for the scool-year 1998/99 in all the former TVL, TVE (Technical
Vocational Establishments) are operating.
3. Excluding students who have completed attendance but still have some lessons to pass.
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V. AGRICULTURE  LIVESTOCK  FORESTRY  FISHING
Va. Holdings, parcels, utilized agricultural land, average area of parcels
(Provisional results of 1999/2000 Agricultural-Livestock Census)
Areas in thousand stremmas
Holdings Average
Utilized
area
agricu-
RDO (1)
Parcels (In
With
ltural
strem-
Total agricultural
area
mas)
area
Greece, total . . . . . . 813.995 808.254 5.107.277 35.753 7,00
Eastern Makedonia and
Thraki . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.569 63.372 551.499 3.549 6,44
Central Makedonia . . . . 116.839 115.405 884.877 6.352 7,18
Western Makedonia . . . . 29.597 29.100 343.477 2.077 6,05
Ipiros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.951 42.745 182.288 1.243 6,82
Thessalia . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.477 78.215 367.282 4.109 11,19
Ionian Islands . . . . . . . . . 31.529 31.521 163.776 850 5,19
Western Greece . . . . . . 92.257 92.099 360.363 3.168 8,79
Central Greece . . . . . . . 79.765 79.335 462.985 3.506 7,57
Attiki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.213 25.899 115.127 540 4,69
Peloponnissos . . . . . . . . 103.481 103.385 592.762 3.825 6,45
Nothern Egeo . . . . . . . . 32.512 32.490 246.142 1.562 6,35
Southern Egeo . . . . . . . 23.859 23.858 150.621 1.084 7,20
Kriti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.946 90.830 686.078 3.888 5,67
(1) Regional Development Office.
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Vb. Persons employed in the total of holdings
by category and working days
(Provisional results of 1999/2000 Agricultural-Livestock Census)
Mana-
Seasonal workers
gers of Number of
hol- employed
dings persons
Permanent
RDO (1) owned in holdings
workers Working
by owned Total
days
legal by natural
per- persons
sons
Greece, total . . . . . . 524 1.428.813 10.449 1.350.727 17.202.601
Eastern Makedonia and
Thraki . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 120.951 1.302 119.722 1.122.388
Central Makedonia . . . . 120 213.404 3.322 237.185 4.777.559
Western Makedonia . . . . 11 50.385 602 18.862 320.772
Ipiros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 70.733 445 47.967 348.980
Thessalia . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 142.657 1.442 123.162 1.617.552
Ionian Islands . . . . . . . . . 18 51.239 66 18.940 262.795
Western Greece . . . . . . 31 167.858 384 192.773 2.068.983
Central Greece . . . . . . . 47 137.219 657 173.557 1.785.782
Attiki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 38.798 963 54.258 451.113
Peloponnissos . . . . . . . . 60 183.204 469 211.620 2.457.267
Nothern Egeo . . . . . . . . 15 52.131 144 26.132 380.623
Southern Egeo . . . . . . . 16 36.626 55 5.244 52.354
Kriti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 163.608 598 121.305 1.556.433
(1) Regional Development Office.
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Vc. Agricultural areas and production
1971 1981 1991 1999 2000* 2001*
1. Areas under crops (th.
stremmas)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.659 35.723 35.343 34.649 34.620 34.641
Crops on arable land . . . 25.329 24.238 23.344 22.276 22.234 22.132
Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.143 1.221 1.236 1.293 1.256 1.189
Vines (grapes and raisins) 2.198 1.864 1.517 1.354 1.329 1.343
Areas under trees . . . . . . 6.989 8.400 9.246 9.726 9.801 9.977
2. Production of selected
agricultural products
(thous. tons)
&
Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.948 2.932 3.162 2.064 2.183
&
Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 385 594 1.249 1.260
&
Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 131 173 140 137
&
Must . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 521 466 471 500
&
Olive oil, edible . . . . . . . . 186 250 198 490 426
&
Citrus fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 995 1.159 1.392 1.325
* Provisional data.
Vd. Animal capital and production
1971 1981 1991 1999* 2000* 2001*
1. Animal capital
(thous. heads)
Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 831 602 & & &
Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 1.017 986 & & &
Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.686 8.144 8.692 & & &
Goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.185 4.526 5.336 & & &
Beehives (in thousands)
982 1.167 1.196 & & &
2. Animal production
(thous. tons)
Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 508 501 472 474 &
Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.401 1.691 1.805 1.910 1.959 &
Cheese, hard . . . . . . . . . . 25 35 38 44 39 &
Cheese, soft . . . . . . . . . . . 94 108 117 124 133 &
Honey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 14 14 14 &
* Provisional data.
Ve. Sea fishery
1971 1981 1991 1999 2000
Motor propelled fishing
vessels (20 HP and over) 2.431 4.757 9.336 7.716 7.627
Quantity of catch (thous.
tons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 91 139 115 93
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Vf. Forests
1971 1981 1991 1999 2000 2001
Total area (thous.
stremmas) . . . . . . . . . 29.674,6 29.510,9 29.378,1 ... ... ...
(1)
Forest fires (stremmas) 103.627 814.173 235.737 82.890 1.402.673 182.211
Area reafforested
(stremmas) (1) . . . . . . 49.917 42.016 42.829 25.835 14.916 18.364
(1) Source: Ministry of Agriculture.
VI. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Pollutants per m3 of atmospheric air (in mgr)
Sulphur
Carbon Nitrogen
Sampling stations
Ozone
dioxide Smoke
monoxide dioxide
O3
SO2
CO NO2
Patission Station
Maximum . . . . . . 338 25,4 537 129 265
1998
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 4 4 19
Maximum . . . . . . 257 24,2 300 101 225
1999
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 20 4 11
Maximum . . . . . . 313 24,6 533 121 329
2000
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,6 14 1 11
Maximum . . . . . . 265 15,8 382 145 266
2001
Minimum . . . . . . 2 0,1 9 1 17
N. Smirni Station
Maximum . . . . . . 488 19,3 404 225 113
1998
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 4 4 6
Maximum . . . . . . 255 16,8 281 212 130
1999
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 4 4 6
Maximum . . . . . . 250 14,6 403 267 124
2000
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 4 1 6
Maximum . . . . . . 202 12,5 293 209 113
2001
Minimum . . . . . . 2 0,1 1 1 6
Pireas Station
Maximum . . . . . . 533 15,7 306 249 119
1998
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 4 4 6
Maximum . . . . . . 418 14,5 258 228 
1999
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,1 11 4 
Maximum . . . . . . 279 13,3 348 189 
2000
Minimum . . . . . . 6 0,2 10 4 
Maximum . . . . . . 270 11,2 243 149 
2001
Minimum . . . . . . 2 0,1 1 1 
Note: All the values of pollution are in gr/m3, excluding the carban monoxide (CO), the values
of which are in mg/m 3.
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VII. CONSTRUCTION
Private building activity
1981 1991 1998 1999 2000
New buildings (number) 56.327 43.775 38.618 34.486 35.196
Volume (th. m3) . . . . . . 48.825 47.500 52.550 48.267 50.389
31.046 204.525 186.044 187.611 248.164
Value (million drs) . . .
27.098 19.726 18.309 16.643 16.326
Extensions (number) . . . .
10.093 10.103 11.355 10.892 12.439
Volume (th. m3) . . . . . .
6.606 54.888 45.216 38.291 43.559
Value (million drs) . . . .
(1) (1) (1)
108.174 100.339 97.411 88.450 89.398
New dwellings (number)
22.256 26.112 25.283 25.283 26.345
1-2 rooms . . . . . . . . . . .
67.544 54.064 57.678 51.088 50.520
3-4 rooms . . . . . . . . . . .
18.374 20.163 14.318 12.129 12.476
5 rooms and over . . . .
2002*
2001*
(January  April)
Permits issued (number) . . . . . . . . . . . 75.325 25.748
Surface (th. m2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.985 6.259
Volume (th. m3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.379 22.645
* Provisional data
1. The analysis of dwellings with rooms includes dwelling s improvements. Therefore its sum does
not correspond to the new dwelling s total.
Note: The provisional data of 2001 and January  April 2002 include all kinds of issued construction
permits, ie new buildings, extensions, repairs, restorations, demolitions, etc. Therefore these
data are not comperable to the previous years ones.
VIII. MINING MANUFACTURING ENERGY
VIIIa. Mining production
1981 1991 1997 1998 1999
Production (thous. tons):
Bauxite . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.249 2.165 1.841 1.787 1.873
Lignite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.304 52.083 58.579 60.682 61.828
Magnesite . . . . . . . . . . 817 560 771 1.149 .
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VIIIb. Index of mining manufacturing and electricity natural gas water
Base year: 1993=100,0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
General index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,0 112,2 115,4 124,3 125,4
Mining production index . . . . . . 109,0 107,3 100,6 114,7 112,9
Electricity natural gas water
production index . . . . . . . . . 115,5 131,4 146,5 163,2 162,7
Manufacturing production index 102,0 107,7 108,4 115,0 116,8
Food products Beverages . . . . . . . 111,0 114,4 115,3 119,4 122,8
Tobacco products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,4 101,5 109,3 107,7 111,3
Manufacture of textiles . . . . . . . . . 80,4 78,6 77,6 84,5 80,8
Wearing apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,2 71,2 68,2 67,0 63,7
Tanning and dressing of leather . . . 77,5 63,2 66,6 67,2 65,8
Wood and cork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,8 61,9 61,5 100,4 101,8
Paper and paper products . . . . . . . 90,0 135,6 137,1 116,4 110,9
Printing Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,5 91,0 100,6 112,7 114,5
Manufacture of products of petro-
leum and coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,2 161,9 137,2 162,3 160,7
Chemical products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,8 122,2 126,8 129,0 138,0
Rubber and plastic products . . . . . 104,0 137,0 147,9 148,7 154,3
Non metallic mineral products . . . . 111,9 112,9 113,2 115,5 118,1
Basic metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,7 113,6 122,4 137,7 147,8
Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . 101,2 102,6 119,8 121,3 123,2
Machinery and equipment . . . . . . . 129,5 137,0 128,6 152,1 147,4
Office machinery and computers . . 60,5 24,0 18,5 38,4 16,0
Electrical machinery and apparatus . . 99,2 104,3 108,4 122,2 123,0
Radio, television and communi-
cation equipment and apparatus 44,3 105,9 93,0 121,3 141,7
Medical and precision instruments . 149,7 125,4 121,6 157,8 131,9
Transport equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 40,9 69,9 102,2 112,4 81,7
Other transport equipment . . . . . . . 81,6 77,5 73,2 69,2 69,5
Furniture, manufacturing . . . . . . . . 91,7 108,2 115,9 125,1 121,4
Index of mining  manufacturing and electricity 
natural gas  water
Base year (1993 =100,0)
200
n n
160
n
n
120 l
n m
l
m
m l l
m
l m
80
40
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
l Manufacturing
m Mining
n Elecricity  natural gas  water
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VIIIc. Electricity
1971 1981 1991 1997 1998 1999
Installed capacity
(thous. kw) . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.695 6.067 9.232 9.858 10.296 10.997
1.655 4.351 6.718 7.132 7.438 8.039
Thermal . . . . . . . . . . .
1.040 1.716 2.514 2.726 2.858 2.958
Hydroelectric . . . . . .
10.611 21.657 31.946 39.236 41.834 44.777
Production (million kwh)
9.822 20.289 29.607 36.529 ... ...
Consumption (million kwh)
IX. TRADE
1999* 2000* 2001*
Intra- With Intra- With Intra- With
commu- third commu- third commu- third
nity countries nity countries nity countries
Imports, cif (million drs) . . 6.240.564 3.095.293 6.398.716 4.740.757 5.885.683 4.933.574
Exports, fob (million drs) 1.825.242 1.559.860 1.822.581 2.258.144 1.649.799 2.299.034
Balance of trade (million
drs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.415.322  1.535.433  4.576.135  2.482.613  4.235.884  2.634.540
* Provisional data.
Index of retail sales
value: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
1995=100,0
Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,0 130,8 137,6 147,7 159,4
Super markets . . . . . . . . . 119,1 130,6 132,3 143,4 157,1
Department stores . . . . . 139,3 154,7 164,5 175,5 189,7
Food, beverages and
tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,5 131,3 135,4 142,6 154,1
Farmaceutical products . 127,3 123,3 135,2 145,7 155,6
Clothing and footwear . . 124,3 133,0 145,3 154,5 164,2
Furniture, electrical,
household fixtures . . . 117,7 130,8 143,2 151,8 158,6
Books, stationery, other
goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,1 125,1 130,3 139,6 147,2
Dealing, telemarketing, etc. 126,0 133,9 150,6 155,0 156,5
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X. TRANSPORT COMMUNICATION TOURISM
Xa. Land transports
1971 1981 1991 1999 2000 2001*
Passengers (thous.):
Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.256 10.388 12.253 11.177 12.477 &
Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.221.419 1.020.325 902.978 880.317 885.005 &
Urban lines . . . . . . . . . 1.061.830 846.252 755.533 743.579 753.685 &
Interurban lines . . . . . 159.589 174.073 147.445 136.738 131.320 &
Railway freight (thous.
tons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.358 2.995 3.542 2.443 & &
Vehicles operated . . . . . 414.046 1.477.214 2.888.009 4.690.412 5.060.885 5.389.996
Passenger . . . . . . . . . 226.893 912.385 1.777.484 2.928.881 3.195.065 3.423.704
Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.546 17.367 22.080 26.769 27.037 27.115
Trucks .. . . . . . . . . . . . 107.361 441.081 792.770 1.023.987 1.057.422 1.085.811
Motorcycles . . . . . . . 69.246 106.381 295.675 710.775 781.361 853.366
Road traffic accidents 17.950 19.841 20.764 24.231 23.127* 19.710
Persons injured . . . . . 25.801 29.061 30.739 34.822 32.891 27.776
Thereof dead . . . . . . . 943 1.354 1.790 2.116 2.088 1.895
*Provisional data.
Xb. Sea transports
1971 1981 1991 1998 1999 2000
Greek merchant fleet:
Number of vessels . . . .
2.543 3.896 2.062 1.903 1.889 1.946
Capacity (thous. GRT)
15.441 42.488 24.090 25.906 26.281 26.588
Passengers (thous.) . .
16.252 24.931 32.146 48.666* 51.099* 53.698*
Domestic . . . . . . . . . .
15.712 23.779 30.230 46.092* 48.396* 50.816*
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . .
540 1.152 1.916 2.574* 2.703* 2.882*
Goods transport (thous.
tons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27.663 68.528 75.981 84.632* 86.102* 83.706*
Domestic . . . . . . . . . .
9.078 16.970 19.184 23.549* 24.546* 24.047*
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . .
18.585 51.558 56.797 61.083* 61.556* 59.659*
*Provisional data.
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Xc. Air transports (Olympic Airways)
1971 1981 1991 1999 2000 2001
Passengers (thous.) . . . . 2.022 4.901 4.937 6.267 6.691 6.129
Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . 1.323 3.234 3.204 3.637 3.715 3.240
I
nternational(1) . . . . . 699 1.667 1.733 2.630 2.976 2.889
Freight-Mail (tons) . . . . . . & 46.512 63.121 50.731 49.946 39.991
Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . 8.946 19.968 28.992 18.602 17.792 15.800
International(1) . . . . . & 26.544 34.129 32.129 32.154 24.191
1. Includes Olympic Airways traffic among international airports.
Xd. Telecommunication
1971 1981 1991 1998 1999 2000
Installed capacity (auto-
matic telephone ex-
changes  in thous.) . . 1.204 2.686 4.436 5.940 5.953 5.974
Telex units (installed). . 3.710 17.213 32.030 24.880 24.880 24.880
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Xe. Tourist movement  Hotel units
1981 1991 1998 1999 2000
Arrivals of tourists . . . . 5.577.109 8.271.258 11.363.822 12.605.928 13.567.453*
Tourist receipts (million
US dollars) . . . . . . . . 1.881,0 2.566,1 5.186,0 8.784,6 9.221,1
Hotel units:
Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.043 243.950 308.539 315.275 320.159
Beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.956 459.297 584.834 597.855 607.614
*Provisional data.
Xf. Nights spent in all hotel units except campings (In thousands)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000*
Nights spent . . . . . . . . . . . 47.280 53.830 56.084 59.871 61.303
Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.178 13.609 13.921 14.381 14.667
Foreigners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.102 40.221 42.163 45.490 46.636
*Provisional data.
Nights spent in all hotel units
In millions
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000*
Nationals Foreigners
*Provisional data.
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XI. ECONOMIC INDICES
XIa. Annual average sub-indices of groups of items of CPI
Base year :1999=100,0
Groups of goods
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
and services
General index . . . . . . 58,8 67,3 74,6 81,2 87,9 92,8 97,2 99,7 102,9 106,4
Food and non alcoholic
beverages . . . . . . . . . . 62,4 68,5 77,6 84,2 90,1 93,8 97,9 100,3 102,2 107,4
Alcoholic beverages and
tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,5 59,6 70,6 74,0 81,4 88,5 95,6 100,0 102,8 110,6
Clothing and footwear . . 58,1 64,6 71,1 77,8 85,1 91,0 96,2 100,0 102,1 105,5
Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,0 72,2 79,3 87,0 94,9 97,6 100,7 102,0 108,3 110,2
Durable household goods,
supplies and services 63,9 68,7 74,5 81,1 86,5 91,9 97,1 99,9 101,4 103,7
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,6 67,7 74,3 80,5 87,8 91,6 95,1 99,7 103,0 105,9
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,4 81,4 84,6 87,2 92,1 97,0 99,8 98,4 104,7 105,8
Communications . . . . . . . 45,3 62,3 72,5 88,1 97,0 101,6 103,2 99,6 89,1 88,4
Recreation and culture . . 60,6 66,2 72,7 81,1 86,2 91,7 96,3 99,8 101,1 104,6
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,7 63,9 68,6 77,3 84,6 91,4 96,4 99,9 103,1 106,8
Hotels, coffee shops and
restaurants . . . . . . . . . 49,2 58,6 65,9 73,9 81,3 87,4 93,9 100,2 104,9 109,7
Other goods and ser-
vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,0 60,1 67,8 76,0 84,9 92,1 97,6 100,5 102,7 106,7
Comparisons of annual average rates of change (%)
of Overall Consumer Price Index
and the group �Food and non alcoholic beverages
18
16


14
12

10

8
6


4



2
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Overall CPI
Food and non alcoholic beverages
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XIb. Wholesale price indices
Base period: 1990 =100,0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
General index . . . . . 181,5 188,5 192,5 207,6 214,8
Imported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,9 183,4 184,3 195,6 201,5
Selfproduced . . . . . . . . . . 184,3 190,4 195,6 212,2 219,9
Consumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,0 189,3 194,4 208,4 216,1
XIc. Input-output price index in agricultural-livestock production
Base period: 1995 =100,0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Received prices
(output) . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,2 108,3 108,9 113,1 120,5
Purchased prices
(input) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,0 112,2 114,3 120,5 123,4
XId. Price index of new dwellings construction
Base period: 1990 =100,0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total cost . . . . . . . . . . 197,8 211,0 219,7 225,5 231,6
1. Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,4 213,3 222,4 227,4 233,0
2. Labour cost . . . . . . . . . 206,6 218,5 227,5 235,0 242,7
3. Other expenditures . . 114,1 115,7 116,8 117,5 118,5
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XII. PUBLIC FINANCE
Deficit and debt of General Government
In billion drachmae
1993 1997 1999 2000* 2001*
GDP at market prices . . . . . . 21.136 33.133 38.449 41.371 44.446
Government deficit(-)/sur-
plus(+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2.909  1.336  671  333 32
% of GDP . . . . . . . . . . .  13,8  4,0  1,7  0,8 0,1
Government debt . . . . . . . . . . 23.592 35.842 39.903 42.513 44.314
% of GDP . . . . . . . . . . . 11,6 108,2 103,8 102,8 99,7
Primary surplus % of GDP . . . 1,0 4,2 5,6 6,2 6,3
* Provisional data.
XIII. HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
Average monthly purchases of households by urban,
semi-urban and rural areas (1998/99 survey)
In drachmae
Urban Semi-urban Rural
All areas
areas areas areas
Total purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
471.338 519.117 408.806 354.720
Foodstuffs and non alcoholic beverages . . .
82.000 85.153 80.703 72.775
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco . . . . . . . . .
17.240 18.068 15.822 15.400
Clothing and footwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43.937 48.411 39.965 31.999
Housing, water, fuel and light of main,
secondary or country residence . . . . . . .
47.609 54.748 40.829 28.799
Durable household goods, household
supplies and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38.324 43.799 29.637 25.783
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32.132 36.337 25.402 22.533
Transports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57.383 63.701 53.567 39.557
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16.654 18.904 13.717 11.158
Recreation and culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23.173 26.943 18.582 13.783
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.181 16.159 9.634 5.725
Hotels, coffee-shops and restaurants . . . . .
44.094 49.113 34.977 33.221
Other goods and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55.611 57.781 45.971 53.987
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XIV: NATIONAL
Main macroeconomic aggregates,
In million drachmae
1996 ó%(1) 1997
Output approach
Gross value added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.656.776 10,0 29.330.329
Taxes less subsidies on products . . . 3.278.304 16,0 3.802.331
Expenditure approach
Final consumption expenditure . . . . . 29.398.794 9,5 28.915.194
Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.963.177 8,4 23.804.681
Private non profite institutes serving
households (PNPISH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.627 10,9 97.196
General government . . . . . . . . . . . 4.347.990 15,3 5.013.317
Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.793.008 16,4 2.086.482
Collective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.554.982 14,6 2.926.835
Actual individual consumption . . . . . . 23.843.812 9,0 25.988.359
Gross fixed capital formation . . . . . . . 5.828.099 12,5 6.558.694
Change in stocks (% GDP) . . . . . . . . 96.502 0,3 93.123
Exports of goods and services . . . . . 5.245.605 24,4 6.523.735
Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.017.010 5,3 3.176.167
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.228.595 50,2 3.347.568
Imports of goods and services . . . . . . 7.633.920 17,3 8.958.086
Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.980.399 9,5 7.645.784
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653.521 100,8 1.312.302
Balance of exports and imports . . . . .  2.388.315 1,9  2.434.351
Income approach
Compensation of employees . . . . . . . 9.555.205 13,6 10.857.571
Gross �perating surplus of the
economy and gross mixed income 16.989.369 8,1 18.364.133
Taxes less subsidies on production
and imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.390.506 15,4 3.910.956
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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
at curent prices: 1996  2000
ó%(1) 1998 ó%(1) 1999* ó%(1) 2000*
8,6 31.860.136 5,6 33.635.632 7,4 36.134.429
10,0 4.182.104 13,7 4.753.418 10,9 5.272.303
8,4 31.356.757 5,2 32.976.792 7,1 35.301.941
8,2 25.746.515 5,1 27.047.470 6,4 28.780.379
6,5 103.476 5,8 109.462 3,3 113.074
9,8 5.506.766 5,7 5.819.860 10,1 6.408.488
3,6 2.162.576 3,7 2.242.586 4,2 2.335.930
14,3 3.344.190 7,0 3.577.274 13,8 4.072.558
7,8 28.012.567 5,0 29.399.518 6,2 31.229.383
16,1 7.615.109 9,6 8.346.556 12,4 9.377.577
0,3 79.745 0,2  106.561  0,3 17.501
9,6 7.150.576 10,4 7.893.151 31,0 10.343.417
5,1 3.339.330  3,9 3.209.636 30,1 4.174.805
13,9 3.811.246 22,9 4.683.515 31,7 6.168.612
13,4 10.159.947 5,5 10.720.888 27,2 13.633.704
13,3 8.663.039  2,9 8.408.248 29,4 10.880.941
14,1 1.496.908 54,5 2.312.640 19,0 2.752.763
23,6  3.009.371  6,0  2.827.737 16,4  3.290.287
10,4 11.981.702 5,3 12.613.723 6,8 13.471.441
7,5 19.738.672 5,6 20.840.829 7,9 22.478.951
10,5 4.321.866 14,2 4.934.498 10,6 5.456.340
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XIV. Main macroeconomic aggregates,
In million drachmae
1996 ó%(1) 1997
Gross domestic product at market
prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.935.080 10,7 33.132.660
Primary incomes receivable from
abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.945.942 0,5 1.955.798
Primary incomes payable abroad . . .
1.110.723  7,5 1.027.438
Gross national income at market
prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30.770.299 10,7 34.061.020
Consumption of fixed capital . . . . . . .
2.737.426 8,7 2.976.792
Net national income at market
prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28.032.873 10,9 31.084.228
Current transfers receivable from
abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.009.146  0,1 1.007.743
Current transfers payable abroad . . .
167.133 24,6 208.264
28.874.886 10,4 31.883.707
Net national disposable income . . .
* Provisional data.
1. Percentage change.
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at curent prices: 1996  2000 (continued)
ó%(1) 1998 ó%(1) 1999* ó%(1) 2000*
8,8 36.042.240 6,5 38.389.050 7,9 41.406.732
11,8 2.186.480  4,8 2.081.688 11,8 2.328.129
17,8 1.209.899 9,3 1.322.390 27,3 1.683.847
8,7 37.018.821 5,8 39.148.348 7,4 42.051.014
9,5 3.260.095 7,4 3.499.802 10,3 3.858.857
8,6 33.758.726 5,6 35.648.546 7,1 38.192.157
15,0 1.158.965 26,1 1.461.527  10,1 1.313.298
91,3 398.443 18,5 472.351 11,6 527.116
8,3 34.519.248 6,1 36.637.722 6,4 38.978.339
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