Greece’s coastline is 5.7 times as long as South Korea’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 967 m above South Korea’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Greece, versus 16% of South Korea

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 5 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 6.6 times as densely populated as Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 1.3 years older than in South Korea

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Greece have 0.5 more children on average than in South Korea

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Greece hosts 152 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Greece: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Greece and South Korea are practically level

Greece: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 6.7 times the size of Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 39% more per person than Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

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

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

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

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Greece and South Korea are practically level

Greece: 3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

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

Greece: 60% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 60% more on health per person than Greece

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Greece is 39% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as South Korea

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Greece

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 6 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 0.34 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Greece drink 4% more alcohol than in South Korea

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 2% more meat per person than Greece

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 49 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 17 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 1.2 years longer than in Greece

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 8.4 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Greece: 21 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 60% faster than in Greece

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Greece and South Korea are practically level

Greece: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 79% in Greece

Greece: 79% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 84% longer than Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 24% more passengers per resident than those from South Korea

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 37% of Greece

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Greece

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 39% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 76% more likely to be murdered in Greece than in South Korea

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Greece are 24% deadlier than in South Korea

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 2.6 °C warmer than South Korea

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 58% more rain than Greece

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)