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Infographic 17-1-16-familyday
4,500 euro annually/person the poverty threshold, 9,450 euro for 4-member households (ELSTAT, 2016)
35.6% of population at risk of poverty, 21.2% after social transfers (ELSTAT, 2016)
The highest risk of poverty (>30%) for single-parent households and households with 3 children or more (ELSTAT, 2016)
Infographic 17-1-20 MME
92.7% of enterprises in the EU are micro-enterprises (with less than 10 persons employed)(Eurostat, 2012)
27 June, Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
96.7% of enterprises in Greece are micro-enterprises, the highest share in the EU
The Greek micro-enterprises account for 58.6% of persons employed, the biggest share in the EU
Infographic 17-1-19-regugees
1.2 million asylum seekers in the EU in 2016, 54% of them were Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis
20 June, World Refugee Day
710,395 were granted protection status in the EU and 389,670 of them were granted refugee status
4,625 asylum applications per million inhabitants in Greece in 2016, the second highest rate in the EU after Germany
Infographic 17-1-17-smoke
The number of hospitals decreased from 310 in 2010 to 283 in 2015. Attiki recorded the biggest decrease (- 11%)
Decrease in the number of beds (from 52,406 to 49,709) and medical doctors (from 26,906 to 23,669) in all hospitals (2010-2015)
60.8% of hospitals are general hospitals, 17.7% psychiatric and 8.8% gynaecological (2015)
Infographic 17-1-17-smoke
3 out of 10 Greeks aged 15 years and over smoke on a daily basis (2014 Health Interview Survey)
31 May, World No Tobacco Day
5 out of 10 have never smoked, 16% have stopped smoking
14.4% decrease in the share of daily smokers during 2009-2014
Infographic 17-1-16-familyday
3,021,425 nuclear families in Greece (2011 Population Census)
15 May: World Family Day
2,483,701 married couples with/without children, 463,775 single-parent families
Risk of poverty increases by 50% for single-parent families (32.2%) compared with the total population (21.4%)
Infographic 17-1-1-pressday
2011-2016: -50.3% in the sales of newspapers and -55% in magazines
3 May: World Press Freedom Day
-68% in the sales of financial newspapers, -55% for sport and -46% for political newspapers (2011-2016)
The biggest decrease (79.4%) in classified ads newspapers
(2011-2016)
Infographic 17-1-10
4 archaeological monuments are revealed every day in Greece (average for 2010-2015)
More than 360,000 archaeological finds in 9,568 excavations (2010-2015)
1156 cases of illicit antiquities trade involving 116,372 antiquities were tracked down during 2010-2015
Infographic 17-1-8
Men accounted for 70% of the labour force in 1981, dropping to 55% in 2015
Between 1981-2015 graduates quadrupled and illiterates decreased by 96%
62% of the employed persons had manual occupations in 1983, dropping to 34% in 2015
Infographic 17-1-7
Egypt is the 10th largest market for Greek products (€750 mil. exports in 2016)
Oil products are in the first position of both exports and imports
56.2% of Greek exports are absorbed by the European Union countries
Infographic 17-1-5
€16,336 was the Gross Domestic Product per capita in 2014 (-0.8% compared with 2013)
Attiki produces almost half (48.3%) of the Gross Value Added of Greece (2014)
In 2014, Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki was the region with the lowest GDP per capita (€11,366)
Infographic 17-1-5
59.4% decrease in the number of deeds in land registries (2014/2004)
63.3% decrease in registrations and 57.4% in mortgages (2014/2004)
Confiscations accounted for 7% of the total deeds in 2014 and for 4% in 2004
Infographic 17-1-4
In 2014 there were 474 libraries (excluding school libraries) with 13.2 million of individual titles of books
Readers-visitors at libraries decreased by 1.9%, amounting to 4.8 million (2014/2012)
The number of books lent increased by 3.8%, amounting to 4.1 million (2014/2012)
Infographic 17-1-3
49% of internet users have never made online purchases
-3% for internet users who made online purchases (Q1 2016/2015)
8 out of 10 persons provided personal data over the internet
Infographic 17-1-1
20 minutes the average commuting time (2015)
1% of the employed persons work at home (2015)
13% of the employed persons change workplace at least once a week (2015)
Infographic 17-1-1
75% of enterprises (over 10 employees) have their own website (2016)
11.5% of enterprises made sales via a website (2016)
50% of enterprises use social media (2016)