Greece

Greece

• Greece is located in Southern Europe
• The country borders the Mediteranian Sea, Aegean Sea and Lonian Sea creating a mild climate with wet winders and hot dry summers
• The majority of the population in Greece is true Greeks(93%), this also makes the primary language spoken Greek (99%) with English being the other 1%
• The 2015 estimated population is 10,775,643, 3 million of which live in the capital city of Athens
• 58% of the population uses the Internet and the official domain is .gr

Quality of Life

• Greece is known for it's low stress laid back lifestyle
• This way of life contributes to the life expectancy
• The average life expectancy is 80 years old
• The literacy rate in Greece is 97% and 4% of the GDP is spent on education annually

Why Greece?

• Greece is a country that Americans can learn a lot from in terms of lifestyle
• Greeks practice meditation and mindfulness and this allows them to connect with others and themselves in a meaningful way
• This Greeks also have a traditional Greek diet that creates flavorful light dishes without adding calories, the Greek obesity rate is only 25%
• Also, who could be in a bad mood living on the Mediteranean

Economic Condition

• The Greek economy has been in turmoil since the 2008 world financial crisis leaving the unemployment rate at 26% and 44% of the population under the poverty line
• Due to tourism the services industry makes up 80.6% of the GDP, with the GDP at 284.3 billion dollars
• Not surprisingly Greece's major exports are food and drinks and chemicals and textiles, these exports making up 35.8 billion dollars
• The imported goods in Greece are machinery and fuels and that accounts for 62.8 billion dollars

Europe: Greece. (2015, September 24). Retrieved October 2, 2015, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html