Look at the table that compares the quality of life in Greece, UK and Greece's neighbour, Turkey. Turkey is another country that wants to join the
European Union
(EU).
Greece
UK
Turkey
Size km
2
131, 957
244,820
774,815
Population total (millions)
10.6
59.4
66.7
% living in towns and cities
74.1
89.4
65.8
Life expectancy
(years)
78.0
77.2
69.0
Infant mortality
(per 1000 births)
5
6
38
Literacy (%)
97.2
99
85.1
GDP
per person (in US$)
11,181
23,509
3,026
Internet users in 2002 (millions)
1.4
34.3
2.0
Primary school attendance %
100
100
95
Out of the three countries, which seems to be the poorest and the richest? How can you tell?
Visit the data file pages from other editions of Global Eye Primary to compare standards of living in Greece to
South Korea
,
Fiji and Tuvalu
,
India
,
Mexico
,
The Gambia
,
Ethiopia
,
Brazil