People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece
Greece: People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age was 15.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Greece recorded 15.8% for people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece peaked at 17.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2010.
That places Greece 36th out of 38 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7.8% | — |
| 2011 | 15.1% | +93.6% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 14.8% | +34.5% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 17.2% | +38.7% |
| 2020 | 16.4% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +14.9% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 16.1% | -7.5% |
| 2025 | 15.8% | -1.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 15.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 28.0%, 56% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Greece's 15.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 28.0%, 56% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +93.6% | 7.8% | 15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.8% | 7.8% | 17.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.2% | 14.8% | 17.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece?
- People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece was 15.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2010.
- How does Greece rank for people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age?
- Greece ranks 36th out of 38 countries with data for 2025.
- Is people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age and groups of country of birth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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