World Enivironmental Issues Brief

  • LARGE AREAS SUBJECT TO OVERPOPULATION
  • INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS
  • POLLUTION (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances)
  • LOSS OF VEGETATION (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification)
  • LOSS OF WILDLIFE
  • SOIL DEGRADATION
  • SOIL DEPLETION
  • EROSION
  • GLOBAL WARMING

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Greece

— Current Environmental Issues —
air pollution; water pollution

— Health Indicators —
HIV / AIDS prevalancy rate: 0.2
Fertility Rate: 1.4
Infant Mortality Rate: 5.3
Life Expectancy at Birth: Male: 76.9
Life Expectancy at Birth: Female: 82.0
Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Population: 79.4

— Population —
Population Total: 10,706,290
Population Growth Rate: 0.2

— Economic Indicators —
GDP Real Growth Rate: 4.1
Military Expendatures Percent of GDP: 4.3
Unemployment Rate: 9.2
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.3
GDP Per Capita PPP: 23,500
Population Below Poverty Line: N/R
    (Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations.)

— Education and Communications —
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Bordering country: Albania
Bordering country: Bulgaria
Bordering country: Macedonia
Bordering country: Turkey

— Background —
Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between supporters of the king and Communist rebels. Following the latters defeat in 1949, Greece joined NATO in 1952. A military dictatorship, which in 1967 suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country, lasted seven years. The 1974 democratic elections and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy. In 1981 Greece joined the EC (now the EU); it became the 12th member of the euro zone in 2001.