Greece Fact Sheet
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Greece Country Formation Date | 1829 | Greece | Ottoman Empire | 1829 |
Database: Death Rates by Country
| Record Name | Country | Death Rate (per 1000 persons) | Source |
| Death Rate for Greece | Greece | 9.9 | Wikipedia |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Button | c. 700 BC | Greece, Italy | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Greeks, Etruscans |
| Encyclopedia | c. 4th century BC or 77 AD | Greece or Rome | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Speusippus (compliation of Plato's teachings) or Pliny the Elder (comprehensive work) |
Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers
| Record Name | Language | Primary Country | Source | Rank | Speakers |
| GREEK World Wide Language Speakers | GREEK | Greece | 13th Edition of the Ethnologue | 74 | 12,000,000 |
Database: Average Real Estate Rental Cost for Selected Cities
| Record Name | City | Country | Region | Total Cost (US$ per sq. m) | Rent (Total Cost (US$ per sq. m)) | Other Expenses (US$ per sq. m) | Source |
| Average Real Estate Rental Cost for Athens | Athens | Greece | Europe | 523 | 459 | 64 | Cushman & Wakefield |
Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Life Expectancy | Rank |
| Greece Life Expectancy | Greece | World Fact Book | 79.38 | 24 |
Database: World Oil Production by Country
| Record Name | Country | Year | Source | Barrels per Day |
| Greece Oil Production | Greece | 2006 | 2006 CIA World Factbook | 5,805 |
Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List
| Record Name | Country | Organization Name | Source |
| Helike Archaeological Site (GREECE) | Greece | Helike Archaeological Site | World Monuments Fund |
Database: Number of Airports in World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Year | Airports | Source |
| Number of Airports in Greece | Greece | 2007 | 81 | CIA World Fact Book |
Database: Local Names of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Local Name |
| Local Name for Greece | Greece | Ellas or Ellada |
Database: Catholic Pope History
| Record Name | Birthplace | Burial | Origin | Religion | Number | Pontiff | Time Periord | Years | Birthdate | Death Date |
| Pope 5 St. Evaristus | a Greek | St. Peter's Basilica | Greece | Catholic | 5 | St. Evaristus | 97-105 | 9 | - | 105 |
| Pope 8 St. Telesphorus | Greece | St. Peter's Basilica, Necropolis | Greece | Catholic | 8 | St. Telesphorus | 125-136 | 11 | - | 136 |
| Pope 9 St. Hyginus | Athens, Greece | St. Peter's Basilica, Necropolis | Greece | Catholic | 9 | St. Hyginus | 136-140 | 4 | - | 140 |
| Pope 13 St. Eleutherius | Nicopolis (Epirus), Greece | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Greece | Catholic | 13 | St. Eleutherius | 175-189 | 14 | - | 189 |
| Pope 85 John VI | Ephesus, Greece | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Greece | Catholic | 85 | John VI | 701-705 | 3 | - | 1/11/705 |
Database: Unemployment rate for world countries
| Record Name | Country | Rate (Percent) | Note | Source |
| Unemployment rate for Greece | Greece | 9.2 | 2006 est. | Wikipedia |
Database: Legal Driving Blood Alcohol Limits
| Record Name | Country | Region | Blood Alcohol Limit (Percent) |
| Driving Blood Alcohol Limit for Greece | Greece | Europe | 0.05 |
Database: World List of Basilicas
| Record Name | Country | Religion | Region | Number of Basilicas | Note |
| Number of Basilicas in Greece | Greece | Catholic | Europe | 1 | Basilicas are churches with historical importance or other significance. |
Database: World Literacy Rates
| Record Name | Country | Source | Total | Men | Women | Year |
| Greece Literacy Rate | Greece | UNESCO | 97.7 percent | 98.7 percent | 96.8 percent | 2005 |
Database: List of countries by train railway track length
| Record Name | Country | Year Reported | Transportation Type | Railway Length (km) | Source |
| Greece Railway Length | Greece | 2005 | Train | 2,576 | Wikipedia |
Database: Internet Country Codes
| Record Name | Country | Internet Code |
| GR Greece | Greece | GR |
Database: Prison Population by Country
| Record Name | Year | Source |
| Prison population for Greece | 2007 | Human Development Reports (UNDP) |
Database: Worlds Largest Economic Entities (2000)
| Record Name | Country or Corporation | Year | GDP / sales ($million) | Source |
| GDP Sales for Greece (2000) | Greece | 2000 | 123,934.00 | Institute for Policy Studies (Report on the Top 200 corporations) |
Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations
| Record Name | Language | City | Country | Media | kHz |
| Voice of Greece | Athens | Greece | Radio | 9515 |
Database: Sucide Rates By Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Year | Male (per 100,000) | Female (per 100,000) |
| GREECE suicide rate | Greece | World Health Organization | 04 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country
| Record Name | Country | 1975 (liters per year) | 1979 (liters per year) | 2003 (liters per year) | 2004 (liters per year) | Source |
| Average total alchohol consumption per person for Greece | Greece | n/a | n/a | 9.01 | n/a | World Health Organization |
Database: Country Population (2002)
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Year | Land Area | Population | Source |
| Greece | Greece | Athens | 2002 | 131,940 | 10,645,343 | The World Factbook 2002, CIA |
Database: Coin Mints of the World
| Record Name | Country | City | Address |
| Bank of Greece | Greece | Athens | 341 Messogion Ave., 15231 Halandri, Athens, Greece |
Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Thousand Metric Tonnes | per Capita (per thousand people) |
| Greece CO2 Carbon Emissions | Greece | World Resources Institute | 92,150.3 | 8.63801 |
Database: Coastline of world countries
| Record Name | Country | Coastline (KM) |
| Greece Ocean Coastline Length | Greece | 13,676 |
Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)
| Record Name | Country | Source | Rate (2003) | Rate (2002) | Rate (2001) | Rate (2000) |
| GREECE Inflation Rate | Greece | International Monetary Fund | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
Database: High School Education Equivalents by Country
| Record Name | Country | High School Equivalent Education |
| High School Equivalent for Greece | Greece | State University Examination, General Entrance Examination |
Database: Capital Cities of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Country Long Name | FIPS code |
| Hellenic Republic (Greece) | Greece | Athens | Hellenic Republic | GR |
Database: World Currency List
| Record Name | Country | Symbol | Subdivision | Name |
| The euro is only used inAustria, Belgium, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal; it is not used in otherE.U. countries. | The euro is only used inAustria, Belgium, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal; it is not used in otherE.U. countries. | |||
| Greece (2001-) | Greece (2001-) | &euro | 100 cents | euro |
Database: Overweight Population By Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Rank | Percent Overweight |
| Greece Overweight Population | Greece | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | 10 | 35.2 |
Database: Country GDP (2005)
| Record Name | Country | Year | Source | GDP | GDP per Capita | Real Growth Rate | Inflation |
| Greece GDP | Greece | 2005 | The World Factbook 2006 | 236.8 billion | 22,200 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
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