This section presents evidence on various aspects of living standards in Greece. Living standards can be measured through households' level of consumption and access to various amenities, through the evolution and inequality of their income and by the rates of poverty and material deprivation. In addition, government expenditures on social benefits can contribute to the reduction of inequality and poverty.

The first graph presents the evolution of the value of monthly consumption for the average household.

The next graph presents the evolution of the disposable income per person.

The Gini index measures inequality and takes higher values when inequality is higher. The next graph presents the evolution of the Gini index and how it is affected by social transfers (pensions and other social transfers.

The next graph shows the share of the population that is at risk of poverty and the change in that share through pensions and other social transfers.

The next graph shows the mean and median monthly pension income for those whore are eligible for at least one kind of pension.

The final graph shows the evolution in the number of pension recipients.