Strong Civil Society Index in Greece
Greece: Strong Civil Society Index was 0.864 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Strong Civil Society Index in Greece, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, strong civil society index in Greece stood at 0.864.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strong civil society index in Greece peaked at 0.94 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.019, in 1936.
Greece ranks 48th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Strong Civil Society Index in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.477 | — |
| 1790 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.477 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.334 | -30.0% |
| 1823 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1826 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1831 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1851 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1861 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1862 | 0.334 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.368 | +10.2% |
| 1864 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1865 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1866 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1867 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1868 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1871 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1882 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1901 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.368 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.342 | -7.1% |
| 1908 | 0.342 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.342 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.342 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.352 | +2.9% |
| 1912 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1917 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.352 | +0.0% |
| 1919 | 0.343 | -2.6% |
| 1920 | 0.326 | -5.0% |
| 1921 | 0.326 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.326 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.326 | +0.0% |
| 1924 | 0.326 | +0.0% |
| 1925 | 0.256 | -21.5% |
| 1926 | 0.256 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.3 | +17.2% |
| 1928 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 1929 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 1931 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.221 | -26.3% |
| 1934 | 0.221 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.221 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.019 | -91.4% |
| 1937 | 0.019 | +0.0% |
| 1938 | 0.019 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.019 | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.019 | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.02 | +5.3% |
| 1942 | 0.045 | +125.0% |
| 1943 | 0.045 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.045 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.208 | +362.2% |
| 1946 | 0.247 | +18.8% |
| 1947 | 0.247 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.247 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.247 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.409 | +65.6% |
| 1951 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.233 | -43.0% |
| 1967 | 0.05 | -78.5% |
| 1968 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.122 | +144.0% |
| 1975 | 0.586 | +380.3% |
| 1976 | 0.743 | +26.8% |
| 1977 | 0.743 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.743 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.743 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.743 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.743 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.778 | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 0.778 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.869 | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 0.869 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.869 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.869 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.881 | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.938 | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.938 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.94 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.94 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.894 | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 0.889 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.898 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.875 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 0.89 | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 0.864 | -2.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.864 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.864, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.864 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8455, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.477 | 0.477 | 0.477 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.477 | 0.477 | 0.477 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.477 | 0.477 | 0.477 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.477 | 0.477 | 0.477 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.3626 | 0.334 | 0.477 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.334 | 0.334 | 0.334 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.334 | 0.334 | 0.334 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.334 | 0.334 | 0.334 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.3578 | 0.334 | 0.368 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.368 | 0.368 | 0.368 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.368 | 0.368 | 0.368 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.368 | 0.368 | 0.368 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.3602 | 0.342 | 0.368 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.3501 | 0.342 | 0.352 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.3042 | 0.256 | 0.326 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1639 | 0.019 | 0.3 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.137 | 0.019 | 0.247 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.409 | 0.409 | 0.409 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2837 | 0.05 | 0.409 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.388 | 0.05 | 0.743 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.828 | 0.743 | 0.881 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.938 | 0.938 | 0.938 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.938 | 0.938 | 0.938 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.885 | 0.864 | 0.898 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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- 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)
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- 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 strong civil society index in Greece?
- Strong civil society index in Greece was 0.864 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest strong civil society index recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.94 in 2010.
- What is the lowest strong civil society index recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.019 in 1936.
- How does Greece rank for strong civil society index?
- Greece ranks 48th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is strong civil society index rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Strong Civil Society Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which interest groups, labor unions, charities, and other civil society organizations are autonomous from the state and can freely pursue their goals. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (strongest).