Statistical information Greece 1992Greece

Map of Greece | Geography | People | Government | Economy | Energy | Communication
Military | Transportation | Transnational Issues | Year:  | More stats

Greece in the World
Greece in the World

CityPass


Greece - Introduction 1992
top of page


Background: Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century it gradually added neighboring islands and territories with Greek-speaking populations. Following the defeat of communist rebels in 1949 Greece joined NATO in 1952. A military dictatorship which in 1967 had suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country was itself overthrown seven years later. Democratic elections in 1974 abolished the monarchy and created a parliamentary republic; Greece joined the EU in 1981.


Greece - Geography 1992
top of page


Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 131,940 km²
Land: 130,800 km²
Comparative: slightly smaller than Alabama

Land boundaries: 1,210 km; Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, Macedonia 228 km

Coastline: 13,676 km

Maritime claims
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Territorial sea: 6 nm, but Greece has threatened to claim 12 nm
Disputes:
air, continental shelf, and territorial water disputes with
Turkey in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question


Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers

Terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into sea as peninsulas or chains of islands

Elevation

Natural resources: bauxite, lignite, magnesite, crude oil, marble
Land use

Land use: arable land: 23%; permanent crops: 8%; meadows and pastures 40%; forest and woodland 20%; other 9%; includes irrigated 7%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Greece - People 1992
top of page


Population: 10,064,250 (July 1992), growth rate 0.2% (1992)

Nationality: noun - Greek(s; adjective - Greek

Ethnic groups: Greek 98%, other 2%; note - the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece

Languages: Greek (official; English and French widely understood

Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 11 births/1000 population (1992)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1000 population (1992)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1000 population (1992)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: subject to severe earthquakes; air pollution; archipelago of 2,000 islands
Current issues note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 81 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1992)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: 93% (male 98%, female 89%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Greece - Government 1992
top of page


Country name
Conventional long form: Hellenic Republic

Government type: presidential parliamentary government; monarchy rejected by referendum 8 December 1974

Capital: Athens

Administrative divisions:
52 departments (nomoi, singular - nomos);
Aitolia kai Akarnania, Akhaia, Argolis, Arkadhia, Arta, Attiki,
Dhodhekanisos, Dhrama, Evritania, Evros, Evvoia, Florina, Fokis, Fthiotis,
Grevena, Ilia, Imathia, Ioannina, Iraklion, Kardhitsa, Kastoria, Kavala,
Kefallinia, Kerkira, Khalkidhiki, Khania, Khios, Kikladhes, Kilkis,
Korinthia, Kozani, Lakonia, Larisa, Lasithi, Lesvos, Levkas, Magnisia,
Messinia, Pella, Pieria, Piraievs, Preveza, Rethimni, Rodhopi, Samos,

Serrai Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Voiotia Xanthi Zakinthos autonomous region: Agios Oros (Mt. Athos)

Dependent areas

Independence: 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)

National holiday: Independence Day (proclamation of the war of independence), 25 March (1821)

Constitution: 11 June 1975

Legal system: based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18
Chamber of Deputies:
last held 8 April 1990 (next to be held April 1994); results - ND 46.89%, PASOK 38.62%, Left Alliance 10.27%, PASOK/Left
Alliance 1.02%, Ecologist-Alternative List 0.77%, DEANA 0.67%, Muslim independents 0.5%; seats - (300 total) ND 150, PASOK 123, Left Alliance 19,
PASOK-Left Alliance 4, Muslim independents 2, DEANA 1, Ecologist-Alternative
List 1; note - one DEANA deputy joined ND in July, giving ND 151 seats; in
November, a special electoral court ruled in favor of ND on a contested seat, at PASOK'S expense; PASOK and the Left Alliance divided their four joint mandates evenly, and the seven KKE deputies split off from the Left

Alliance; new configuration: ND 152, PASOK 124, Left Alliance 14, KKE 7, others unchanged
President:
last held 4 May 1990 (next to be held May 1995); results -
Konstantinos KARAMANLIS was elected by Parliament

Communists: an estimated 60,000 members and sympathizers

Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet

Legislative branch:
unicameral Greek Chamber of Deputies (Vouli ton
Ellinon)


Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
AG, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM, CSCE, EBRD, EC, ECE, EIB, FAO,
G-6, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NACC, NAM (guest),
NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Christos ZACHARAKIS; Chancery at 2,221 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,008; telephone (202) 939-5,800; there are Greek Consulates General in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago,
Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, and a Consulate in New Orleans

US:
Ambassador Michael G. SOTIRHOS; Embassy at 91 Vasilissis Sophias
Boulevard, 10,160 Athens (mailing address is APO AE 9,842; telephone 30 (1) 721-2,951 or 721-8,401; there is a US Consulate General in Thessaloniki


Diplomatic representation

Flag descriptionflag of Greece: nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; there is a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Greece - Economy 1992
top of page


Economy overview:
Greece has a mixed capitalistic economy with the basic entrepreneurial system overlaid in 1981-89 by a socialist government that enlarged the public sector from 55% of GDP in 1981 to about 70% when Prime
Minister Mitsotakis took office. Tourism continues as a major industry, and agriculture - although handicapped by geographic limitations and fragmented, small farms - is self-sufficient except for meat, dairy products, and animal feedstuffs. The Mitsotakis government inherited several severe economic problems from the preceding socialist and caretaker administrations, which had neglected the runaway budget deficit, a ballooning current account deficit, and accelerating inflation. In early 1991, the government secured a 2.5 billion assistance package from the EC under the strictest terms yet imposed on a member country, as the EC finally ran out of patience with
Greece's failure to put its financial affairs in order. Over the next three years, Athens must bring inflation down to 7%, cut the current account deficit and central government borrowing as a percentage of GDP, slash public-sector employment by 10%, curb public-sector pay raises, and broaden the tax base.

GDP: purchasing power equivalent - $77.6 billion, per capita $7,730; real growth rate 1.0% (1991)

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: including fishing and forestry, accounts for 17% of GDP and 27% of the labor force; principal products - wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; self-sufficient in food except meat, dairy products, and animal feedstuffs; fish catch of 115,000 metric tons in 1988

Industries: food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products, tourism, mining, petroleum

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate - 2.4% (1990; accounts for 22% of GDP

Labor force: 3,657,000; services 44%, agriculture 27%, manufacturing and mining 20%, construction 6% (1988)
Organized labor: 10-15% of total labor force, 20-25% of urban labor force
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 8.6% (1991)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $24.0 billion; expenditures $33.0 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.3 billion (1991)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $6.4 billion (f.o.b., 1990)
Commodoties: manufactured goods 48%, food and beverages 22%, fuels and lubricants 6%
Partners: Germany 22%, Italy 17%, France 10%, UK 7%, US 6%

Imports: $18.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990)
Commodoties: consumer goods 33%, machinery 17%, foodstuffs 12%, fuels and lubricants 8%
Partners: Germany 21%, Italy 15%, Netherlands 11%, France 8%, UK 5%

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: drachma (Dr) per US$1 - 182.33 (January 1992), 182.27 (1991), 158.51 (1990), 162.42 (1989), 141.86 (1988), 135.43 (1987)


Greece - Energy 1992
top of page


Electricity
Production: 10,500,000 kW capacity; 36,420 million kWh produced, 3,630 kWh per capita (1991)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Greece - Communication 1992
top of page


Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Greece - Military 1992
top of page


Military expenditures
Percent of gdp:
exchange rate conversion - $3.8 billion, 5.6% of
GDP (1991)


Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Greece - Transportation 1992
top of page


National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports:
77 total, 77 usable; 77 with permanent-surface runways; none
with runways over 3,659 m; 19
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 23
with runways 1,220-2,439 m


Heliports

Pipelines: crude oil 26 km; petroleum products 547 km

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: 80 km; system consists of three coastal canals and three unconnected rivers

Merchant marine:
977 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,450,910
GRT/42,934,863 DWT; includes 15 passenger, 66 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 136 cargo, 24 container, 15 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 18 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 196 petroleum tanker, 18 chemical tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 37 combination ore/oil, 3 specialized tanker, 417 bulk, 19 combination bulk, 1 livestock carrier; note - ethnic Greeks also own large numbers of ships under the registry of Liberia, Panama, Cyprus,
Malta, and The Bahamas

Civil air: 39 major transport aircraft

Ports and terminals


Greece - Transnational issues 1992
top of page


Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


NordVPN


You found a piece of the puzzle

Please click here to complete it
Winebasket.com