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Greece: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Greece Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Greece

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

5.20 Ratio

European ranking

7 / 30

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+0.7 puntos

Greece is 0.7 points above the European average.

EU: 4.53

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 5.17 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.

Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    +19.20

    6.20

  2. 2

    Notio Aigaio

    +11.50

    5.80

  3. 3

    Kentriki Makedonia

    +3.80

    5.40

  4. 4

    Peloponnisos

    -1.90

    5.10

  5. 5

    Attiki

    -3.80

    5.00

  6. 6

    Ionia Nisia

    -11.50

    4.60

  7. 7

    Ipeiros

    -13.50

    4.50

  8. 8

    Dytiki Ellada

    -13.50

    4.50

  9. 9

    Kriti

    -15.40

    4.40

  10. 10

    Sterea Ellada

    -17.30

    4.30

  11. 11

    Dytiki Makedonia

    -21.20

    4.10

  12. 12

    Thessalia

    -25.00

    3.90

  13. 13

    Voreio Aigaio

    -32.70

    3.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Greece

In Greece, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 5.17 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.44 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Greece, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.23 in 2020 to 5.17 in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 5.27 in 2024 to 5.17 in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Greece

In Greece, S80/S20 ratio shows noticeable regional variation. Across 13 comparable regions, Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki records the highest value (6.2) and Voreio Aigaio the lowest (3.5), a gap of 2.7 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Greece, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.