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Greece rankings 2026: where Greece places in 167 global Top 10s

Greece is #3 in Countries with the most registered vehicles per 1,000 people and inside the top 10 of 12 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

Greece appears in 167 of the 491 live country rankings on Top10Earth. This guide walks through every one of them: where Greece is number one, where it makes the top 10, where it sits further down the table, and what has moved since the previous snapshot. Its best position is #3 in Countries with the most registered vehicles per 1,000 people, where it is measured at 880.64 per 1,000 people (Registered vehicles) as of 2026-11-02. Greece finishes inside the top 10 in 12 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Greece is inside the top 10 of 12 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

Greece by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Greece holds 39 positions: #13 of 50 in Countries with the largest share of global plastic waste exports (1.98 %), #18 of 50 in Countries with the highest plug-in hybrid share of car sales (8.04 %), #20 of 50 in Countries with the highest CO2 emissions from cement per person (0.3 tonnes per person) and #22 of 50 in Countries with the most installed solar power capacity (11.08 GW). 35 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Greece holds 30 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the most registered vehicles per 1,000 people (880.64 per 1,000 people), #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people over 65 (24.4 %), #7 of 50 in Countries with the largest military share of population (1.27 %) and #12 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of rural people with basic drinking water (100 %). 26 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Greece holds 29 positions: #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest government revenues as a share of GDP (44.76 % of GDP), #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending as a share of GDP (47.3 % of GDP), #11 of 50 in Countries by transport services (58.46 % of service imports, BoP) and #13 of 50 in Countries by net capital account (1,935.43 BoP, current US$ million). 25 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Greece holds 28 positions: #8 of 50 in Countries with the highest rice yields (7.92 tonnes per hectare), #10 of 50 in Countries with the most irrigated farmland (share) (22.26 % of total agricultural land), #11 of 50 in Countries with the highest cotton yields (3.04 tonnes per hectare) and #12 of 50 in Countries with the highest orange yields (31.2 tonnes per hectare). 24 more rankings are listed below.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Greece holds 27 positions: #4 of 50 in Countries with the most doctors per 1,000 people (6.58 per 1,000 people), #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest bladder cancer death rate (3.95 deaths per 100,000 people), #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from Parkinson's disease (13.54 per 100,000 people) and #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest brain cancer death rate (4.85 deaths per 100,000 people). 23 more rankings are listed below.

Education and science

In education and science, Greece holds 6 positions: #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest pre-primary school enrolment (99.25 %), #23 of 50 in Countries with the most researchers per million people (5,283.37 per million people), #30 of 50 in Countries spending the most on research as a share of GDP (1.49 % of GDP) and #37 of 50 in Countries with the most scientific journal articles (13.55 thousand). 2 more rankings are listed below.

Travel

In travel, Greece holds 5 positions: #27 of 50 in Most-visited countries by international arrivals (7.41 million), #31 of 50 in Countries earning the most from tourism (6.19 US$ bn), #36 of 50 in Countries with the most air passengers (19.09 million) and #37 of 50 in Countries with the most airline departures (167.62 thousand). 1 more ranking is listed below.

Consumer tech

In consumer tech, Greece holds 3 positions: #15 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people (44.68 per 100 people), #27 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed telephone subscriptions (4,691.26 thousand subscriptions) and #39 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed broadband subscriptions (4.49 million subscriptions).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Greece moved in 149 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Greece ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Greece's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries generating the most electricity from fossil fuels (29.31 TWh), 50th of 50 in Countries generating the most plastic waste (811.86 thousand tonnes) and 50th of 50 in Countries importing the most palm oil (123 thousand tonnes). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Greece

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Greece's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Greece

What is Greece's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#3 in Countries with the most registered vehicles per 1,000 people, with 880.64 per 1,000 people (Registered vehicles) as of 2026-11-02.

How many rankings include Greece?

167 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Greece in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 12 rankings, including #3 in Countries with the most registered vehicles per 1,000 people, #4 in Countries with the most doctors per 1,000 people and #5 in Countries with the highest bladder cancer death rate.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data and World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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