Greece on the 12 axes
MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.Greece is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan, with generally moderate leans. The strongest are Progressive Morality (-0.90), Global Trade (-0.65) and Liberty on Security (-0.50). Religion leans Religious at +0.45, as the state has an established or official religion and keeps a blasphemy law in force. Welfare is Shared at -0.40, with government spending of 48% of GDP (IMF, 2025). Structure sits at the centre at +0.10, with a unitary state and a strong elected regional governments index of 0.912.
Italy is the closest match at 86%, and Norway follows at 85%. Greece shares Italy's Free-Market Cosmopolitan type. It also spends 3.0% of GDP on the military (2025) with universal compulsory service, and it has no nuclear power and no legal ban. Compare politicians and historical figures with Greece's profile on this page, or take the test to see your own closeness.
Where Greece sits
- 01Ownership+35PublicPrivate
- 02Markets+35PlannedFree
- 03Welfare-40SharedSelf-reliant
- 04Authority-35DemocraticStrong leader
- 05Security-50LibertyOrder
- 06Structure+10LocalCentral
- 07Morality-90ProgressiveTraditional
- 08Religion+45SecularReligious
- 09Technology+30EmbraceCaution
- 10Culture-35MulticulturalNational identity
- 11Trade-65GlobalProtected
- CooperationStrength
Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built
Who is closest to how Greece is governed?
Each percentage compares a person's documented positions with the country's current profile, on the axes both have on record. A high score means their views match the status quo. A low one means they would change more.
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What is Greece's type on the 12 axes?
Read from its laws and institutions, Greece comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.
Which figure from Greece is closest to how it is governed today?
Of the people from Greece profiled here, Andreas Papandreou sits closest to its current policy profile, at 70% on the axes both have on record.
Which countries are governed most like Greece?
On the 12 axes, Italy is closest at 86%, followed by Norway at 85%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.