Greece’s coastline is 31 times as long as Poland’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 418 m above Poland’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 3.5 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Poland is 47% more densely populated than Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 4.4 years older than in Poland

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

Women in Greece have 0.1 more children on average than in Poland

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 21% in Poland

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Greece

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Greece: 1 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Greece and Poland are practically level

Greece: 1 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Poland produces 20% more per person than Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in Poland (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Greece and Poland are practically level

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.0% in Poland

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Greece 3.0%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Poland’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Poland spends 3% more on health per person than Greece

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 13% more likely to die before turning one than in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 63% more doctors per person than Poland

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 41% more hospital beds per person than Greece

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 3.4 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 1.07 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 34% more alcohol than in Greece

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 2% more meat per person than Greece

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 348 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 86 more hours a year than in Poland

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 1.7 years longer than in Greece

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 4.9 times as many tourists per resident as Poland (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Greece has 3 more World Heritage sites than Poland (21 against 18)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 55% faster than in Greece

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Poland are practically level

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Greece: 79% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 8 times as long as Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 7.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 31% of Poland

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Greece

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 3% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5% more likely to be murdered in Greece than in Poland

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 6% deadlier than in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 6.0 °C warmer than Poland

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece gets 5% more rain than Poland

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)