Share of children living with a single parent in Greece
Greece: Share of children living with a single parent was 6.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of children living with a single parent in Greece, 2003–2023
Source: OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of children living with a single parent in Greece stood at 6.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children living with a single parent in Greece peaked at 8.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2012.
That places Greece 34th out of 34 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of children living with a single parent in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5.8% | — |
| 2004 | 6.6% | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 4.9% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 7.3% | +49.0% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 8.0% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | -17.6% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | +16.1% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 6.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.8%, 41% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Greece's 6.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 17.6%, 37% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of children living with a single parent in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +49.0% | 4.9% | 7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 4.9% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More reference data data for Greece
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4067 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2183 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7298 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 11.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.19 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children living with a single parent in Greece?
- Share of children living with a single parent in Greece was 6.5% in 2023, according to OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children living with a single parent recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of children living with a single parent recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2012.
- How does Greece rank for share of children living with a single parent?
- Greece ranks 34th out of 34 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children living with a single parent rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children living with a single parent. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of children aged 0-17 living with a single parent.