Median Equivalised Net Income in Greece (2025)
Greece's Median Equivalised Net Income: 11,700 EUR per person in 2025, +7.8% YoY, roughly 51.0% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,700 | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 10,850 | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 10,050 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 9,520 | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 8,752 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 8,781 | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 8,195 | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 7,863 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 7,600 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 7,500 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 7,520 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 7,680 | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 8,371 | -12.0% |
| 2012 | 9,513 | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 10,985 | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 11,963 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Greece's median equivalised net income (the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size) reached approximately 11,700 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 7.8% increase from 10,850 EUR in 2024, the fourth consecutive year of growth.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Greece's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Greece's median income of 11,963 EUR was about 82.4% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR — close to parity. That ratio collapsed during the sovereign debt crisis, falling to roughly 46.7% by 2016–2017 as Greek incomes fell while the EU-27 average kept rising. It has typically recovered since, reaching 51.0% in 2025 — its highest level since 2014, though still far below the pre-crisis position.
Growth has been far from linear. Greek income fell for five of six years between 2011 and 2016 — from 11,963 EUR in 2010 to a low of 7,500 EUR in 2016, a cumulative decline of roughly 37.3%, with the sharpest single-year drops of -13.4% in 2012 and -12.0% in 2013 coinciding with the depth of the debt crisis and associated austerity measures. Income has since risen in most years, gaining approximately 56.0% from the 2016 trough to reach 11,700 EUR in 2025. Even so, the 2025 figure remains about 2.2% below the 2010 level in nominal terms, showing how long the recovery has taken. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the recent gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Greece's national statistical office (ELSTAT) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series; Eurostat's geo code for Greece in this dataset is EL.