People having a long-standing illness or health problem … birth in Greece
Greece: People having a long-standing illness or health problem … birth was 15.8 in 2025. ▲ Rising
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Greece, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat.
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 37th out of 39 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 … birth in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7.8 | — |
| 2011 | 15.1 | +93.6% |
| 2014 | 11.5 | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 12.5 | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 11 | -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 | +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, 56% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Greece's 15.8 is below the median for high income countries, which is 28, 56% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People having a long-standing illness or health problem … birth 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 | 12.79 | 7.8 | 17.2 | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.25 | 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 37th out of 39 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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