Greece’s coastline is 9.4 times as long as Ireland’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 1,876 m above Ireland’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Greece has 90% more people than Ireland

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Greece is 1% more densely populated than Ireland

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 7.3 years older than in Ireland

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Ireland have 0.2 more children on average than in Greece

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 95% more refugees per resident than Greece

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Greece: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Greece 1

Greece: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 3.4 times as much per person as Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in Ireland (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

0.6% of people in Greece live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Greece’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Greece

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Ireland is 6% more likely to die before turning one than in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 70% more doctors per person than Ireland

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Greece has 44% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 85% higher than in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 1.23 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 20% more alcohol than in Greece

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 20% more meat per person than Greece

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 539 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 239 more hours a year than in Ireland

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.17 years longer than in Greece

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 21% more tourists per resident than Ireland (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Greece has 19 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (21 against 2)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 61% faster than in Greece

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Ireland are practically level

Greece: 100% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Greece: 79% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Greece: 114 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Greece’s railway network is 42% longer than Ireland’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 19 times as many passengers per resident as those from Greece

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 12% of Ireland

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 19% more CO₂ than someone in Greece

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Greece carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 28% more likely to be murdered in Greece than in Ireland

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Greece are 2.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 5.5 °C warmer than Ireland

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 42% more rain than Greece

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)