International rankings of Greece explained

The following is a list of international rankings of .

Communications

• Mobile Telephony Market Penetration (Pyramid Research, OECD, national regulatory agencies): in 2008, ranked 2 among the top 10 countries^[1]

Demographics

See main article: Demographics of Greece.

• Population ranked 74 out of 228 countries and territories
• World Health Organization 2011 estimates Life expectancy ranked 17 out of 193 UN member states^[2]
• Population Density: in 2010 ranked 111 out of 235 countries^[3]

Economic

See main article: Economy of Greece.

See also: Greek withdrawal from the eurozone.

• World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2014–2015 ranked 81 out of 144^[4]
• United Nations Development Programme 2014 Human Development Index ranked 29 out of 187^[5]

Environment

• The Earth Institute and Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy Environmental Performance Index 2014, ranked 23 out of 146 countries^[6]

Geography

See main article: Geography of Greece.

• Total area ranked 97 out of 249 countries
• Total coastline ranked 19 out of 148 not landlocked countries, with 15,147 km of coastline according to World Resources Institute^[7]

Globalization

• KOF Index of Globalization 2014 ranked 23 out of 60 countries^[8]
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 32 out of 62 countries^[9]

Health

• Physicians per 1000 population (OECD): 2007, ranked 1 out of 30 countries^[10]
• The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems: 2000, ranked 14 out of 190 countries^[11]
• Preventable deaths (Health Affairs^[12]): 2008, ranked 7 out of 14 countries^[13]

Industry

• OICA automobile production 2007, not ranked among top 51 countries^[14]

Military

• Center for Strategic and International Studies

active troops ranked 29 out of 166 countries^[15]

Political

See main article: Politics of Greece.

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2015, ranked 58 out of 175 countries^[16]
• Reporters Without Borders 2015 Press Freedom Index, ranked 91 out of 180 countries^[17]
• The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2014, ranked 41 out of 167 countries^[18]

Society

See main article: Culture of Greece.

• Economist Intelligence Unit Where-to-be-born Index 2013, ranked 34 out of 80 countries^[19]
• United Nations: Human Development Index 2014, ranked 29 out of 187 countries^[20]
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked 23 out of 110 countries^[21]
• World Health Organization

suicide rate, ranked 34 out of the 34 OECD countries

Technology

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 86 in online government services^[22]
• Number of broadband Internet users ranked 36
• Economist Intelligence Unit

E-readiness 2008, ranked 30 out of 45 countries

• World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked 56 out of 127 countries^[23]
• World Intellectual Property Organization

Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 45 out of 133 countries^[24]

Tourism

See main article: Tourism in Greece.

• World Tourism Organization

World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked 16^[25]

Transportation

See main article: Transport in Greece.

Historical data

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Institute for Economics and Peace	Global Peace Indexhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100521063923/http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings.php	57 out of 144
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index 2009^[26] Human Development Index 2006^[27] Human Development Index 2004^[28] Human Development Index 2000	25 out of 182 18 out of 177 24 out of 177 24 out of 177
International Monetary Fund	GDP per capita (PPP)^[29]	18 out of 180
The Economist	Worldwide Quality-of-life Index, 2005^[30]	22 out of 111
The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal	Index of Economic Freedom^[31]	57 out of 157
Reporters Without Borders	Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006^[32] Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2005^[33] Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2004^[34]	32 out of 168 18(tied) out of 168 33 out of 167
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index 2006^[35] Corruption Perceptions Index 2005^[36] Corruption Perceptions Index 2004^[37]	54 out of 163 47 out of 158 49 out of 145
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Report^[38]	47 out of 125
Yale University/Columbia University	Environmental Sustainability Index 2005^[39]	67 out of 146
Nationmaster	Labor strikes^[40]	13 out of 27
A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy	Globalization Index 2006^[41] Globalization Index 2005^[42] Globalization Index 2004^[43]	32 out of 62 29 out of 62 28 out of 62

See also

• Lists of countries
• Lists by country
• List of international rankings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mobile Telephony Market Penetration World Leaders 2009 - Country Ranks . 2010-10-02. .
2. Web site: WHO Life expectancy. World Health Organization.
3. Web site: Population density - Persons per sq km 2010 Country Ranks (calculated from CIA World Factbook population and total area figures) . 2010-10-02. .
4. http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/rankings/ Global Competitiveness Index Competitiveness Rankings
5. [United Nations Development Programme]
6. Web site: Country Rankings . https://archive.today/20140129142747/http://epi.yale.edu/epi/country-rankings . dead . 29 January 2014 . 25 January 2014 . 2014-01-29 . Yale University and Columbia University .
7. Web site: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length. World Resources Institute. 2012-03-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120419075053/http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/coastal-marine/variable-61.html. 2012-04-19.
8. http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/media/filer_public/2014/04/15/rankings_2014.pdf KOF Index of Globalization 2014
9. http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Globalization-Index_FP_Nov-Dec-06_S.pdf Globalization Index 2006
10. Web site: Physicians per 1000 population 1960-2007 - Country Rankings - OECD . 2010-09-22. .
11. Web site: The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems . 2010-09-22. .
12. Web site: Measuring The Health Of Nations: Updating An Earlier Analysis . 2010-09-22. .
13. Web site: Preventable Deaths for selected countries, 1997-1998 and 2002-2003, Issued 2008 . 2010-09-22. .
14. http://oica.net/wp-content/uploads/all-vehicles.pdf OICA
15. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf Asia balance of power
16. [Transparency International]
17. [Reporters Without Borders]
18. The Economist Democracy Index 2014 accessed 7/1/2015
19. News: The lottery of life. The Economist. 21 November 2012.
20. http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-2014 2014 Human Development Index
21. http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf State of the World's Mothers 2007
22. Web site: Sixth Annual Global e-Government Study. Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy. 2006-08-01.
23. http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/2008/Rankings.pdf weforum.org
24. Web site: . 2024 . Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship . 2024-10-06 . www.wipo.int . 18 . en . 10.34667/tind.50062 . 978-92-805-3681-2.
25. Web site: UNTWO World Tourism Barometer, Vol.5 No.2 . 2008-03-26 . UNTWO . June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081031013714/http://www.tourismroi.com/Content_Attachments/27670/File_633513750035785076.pdf . 2008-10-31 .
26. Web site: Human Development Report 2009 - HDI rankings . hdr.undp.org . United Nations Development Program . 2010 . 2010-09-22.
27. Web site: Human Development Report 2006 . hdr.undp.org . United Nations Development Program . 2006 . 2007-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20070329140928/http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/report.cfm. March 29, 2007.
28. Web site: Greece: Human Development Index Trends . 2007-04-28 . hdr.undp.org . United Nations Development Program. https://web.archive.org/web/20070204084735/http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_GRC.html. February 4, 2007.
29. Web site: Gross domestic product per capita, current prices . 2007-05-04 . International Monetary Fund .
30. News: Worldwide Quality of Life - 2005 . economist.com . The Economist . 2005 . 2007-04-10.
31. Web site: Index of Economic Freedom . 2007-04-10 . heritage.org . Heritage Foundation & The WSJ . 2007 . 2008-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080213211732/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm . dead .
32. Web site: North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea the worst violators of press freedom . rsf.org . Reporters Without Borders . 2006 . 2007-04-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604161952/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19388 . 2009-06-04 .
33. Web site: North Korea, Eritrea and Turkmenistan are the world's "black holes" for news . rsf.org . Reporters without Borders . 2005 . 2007-04-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429110315/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15331 . 2009-04-29 .
34. Web site: East Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom records . 2004 . Reporters without Borders . rsf.org . 2007-04-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081220042227/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11715 . 2008-12-20 .
35. Web site: CPI Table. transparency.org . Transparency International . 2006 . 2007-04-10 .
36. Web site: Transparency International's Annual Report 2005 . 2005 . 2007-04-28 . Transparency International . transparency.org . 2007-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071105203813/http://www.transparency.org/content/download/8101/51449/file/TIAR2005.pdf . dead .
37. Web site: Transparency International's Annual Report 2004 . 2004 . 2006-04-28 . 2010-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100902224502/http://www.transparency.org/content/download/2274/14262/file/TI%20Annual%20Report%202004.pdf . dead .
38. Web site: Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007 . 2006 . 2007-04-10 . weforum.org . World Economic Forum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101131629/http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/gcr_2006/gcr2006_rankings.pdf . 2013-11-01 .
39. Web site: Environmental Sustainability Index . 2007-04-27 . 2005 . Yale and Columbia University . yale.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110815132222/http://www.yale.edu/esi/ESI2005_Main_Report.pdf . 2011-08-15 .
40. Web site: Labor Statistics: Strikes by Country . 2007-04-27 . Nation Master . nationmaster.com .
41. Web site: A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index 2006. 2007-04-27 . 2006 . atkearney.com . A.T. Kearney/ . https://web.archive.org/web/20070210093344/http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Globalization-Index_FP_Nov-Dec-06_S.pdf. February 10, 2007.
42. Web site: A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index 2005. 2005 . 2007-04-27 . atkearney.com . A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy . https://web.archive.org/web/20070202121045/http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/2005G-index.pdf. February 2, 2007.
43. Web site: A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index 2004 . 2004 . 2007-04-27 . atkearney.com . A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20070202171303/http://atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/2004G-index.pdf. February 2, 2007.