Greece’s coastline is 61 times as long as Romania’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 373 m above Romania’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 83% more people than Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 2% more densely populated than Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 3.1 years older than in Romania

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Greece hosts 19% more refugees per resident than Romania

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Greece: 1 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Greece and Romania are practically level

Greece: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 53% larger than Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 12% more per person than Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in Romania (Gini 3.6 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Romania and Greece are practically level

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 6.0% in Romania

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Romania’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Greece spends 87% more on health per person than Romania

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 88% more likely to die before turning one than in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 81% more doctors per person than Romania

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 69% more hospital beds per person than Greece

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 2.1 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 34% in Greece

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 30% in Romania

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.93 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Greece

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Greece has 13% more meat per person than Romania

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 267 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 67 more hours a year than in Romania

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Greece and Romania are practically level

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 3.8 times as many tourists per resident as Romania (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Greece has 10 more World Heritage sites than Romania (21 against 11)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 70% faster than in Greece

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Romania are practically level

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Greece: 79% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 4.6 times as long as Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 30% of Romania

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Greece emits 47% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Greece carries 6% more fine dust than in Romania

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 33% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Greece

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 26% deadlier than in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 4.8 °C warmer than Romania

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece gets 6% more rain than Romania

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)