Greece’s coastline is 7.6 times as long as Portugal’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 566 m above Portugal’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Portugal has 4% more people than Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 46% more densely populated than Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 0.45 years older than in Greece

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

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

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 24% in Greece

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Greece hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Greece: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Greece and Portugal are practically level

Greece: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Portugal’s economy is 24% larger than Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 17% more per person than Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Greece (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Greece and Portugal are practically level

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Greece’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 51% more on health per person than Greece

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Greece is 19% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 12% more doctors per person than Portugal

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Greece has 23% more hospital beds per person than Portugal

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 2.2 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 29% in Portugal

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Portugal rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 60% more alcohol than in Greece

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 21% more meat per person than Greece

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 171 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 158 more hours a year than in Portugal

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Greece went to school 1.9 years longer than in Portugal

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 2% more tourists per resident than Greece (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Greece has 4 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (21 against 17)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 77% faster than in Greece

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Portugal are practically level

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Greece: 79% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 8% longer than Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 8% more passengers per resident than those from Portugal

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Greece and Portugal are practically level

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Greece emits 56% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Greece carries 44% more fine dust than in Portugal

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Greece than in Portugal

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 2% deadlier than in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 0.1 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece gets 3% more rain than Portugal

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)