HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY (ELSTAT)

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY

POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT AND COST OF LIVING STATISTICS DIVISION

POPULATION AND MIGRATION STATISTICS SECTION

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY (ELSTAT)

Population and Migration Statistics Section

Pireos Str. 46

GR 185 47 PIRAEUS

GREECE

First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.

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Number of persons.

The greek territory.

2023

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Counts of statistical units

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31st December).
The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  
The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

The legal framework governing the organization and operation of ELSTAT is as follows:

• Greek Statistical Law No 3832/2010, as in force
• Regulation on the Operation and Administration of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2012 (Government Gazette 2390 B, 28.08.2012)
• Regulation on the Statistical Obligations of the agencies of the Hellenic Statistical System (Government Gazette 4083 Β, 20.12.2016)
• Greek Commitment on Confidence in Statistics (Government Gazette 40 A, 29.02.2012)
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• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/759
• European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP) - revised edition 2017
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• REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR)
• Presidential Decree 73/2019 (Government Gazette No 114, Issue Α,04.07.2019): “Organization of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)” (Available only in Greek)
• Law 4624/2019 (Government Gazette Α΄137 / 29.08.2019) “ Hellenic Data Protection Authority, measures implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 for the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and transposition (into national law) Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 and other provisions " (Available only in Greek)
• Regulation of the E. Parliament and of the Council 1260/2013

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The issues concerning the observance of statistical confidentiality by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) are arranged by articles 7, 8 and 9 of the Law 3832/2010 as in force, by Articles 8, 10 and 11(2) of the Regulation on Statistical Obligations of the agencies of the Hellenic Statistical System and by Articles 10 and 15 of the Regulation on the Operation and Administration of ELSTAT.

More precisely:

ELSTAT disseminates the statistics in compliance with the statistical principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.

https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1609796/ELSTAT_Statistical_Confidentiality_Policy_EN.pdf/c79e5ac8-469c-433d-b4e6-8433319b21d2

Protection of personal data

ELSTAT abides by the commitments and obligations arising from the applicable EU and national legislation on the protection of the individual from the processing of personal data and the relevant decisions, guidelines and regulatory acts of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Pursuant to the Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data [Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR)], ELSTAT implements the appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring adequate level of security against risks for the personal data it collects and has access to, in the context of carrying out its tasks, in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation and to protect these personal data from any unauthorised access or illegal processing.

The personal data collected by ELSTAT are used exclusively for purposes related to the conduct of surveys and the production of relevant statistics. Only ELSTAT has access to the data. The controller is the person appointed by law pursuant to the relevant provisions concerning the Legal Entities of Public Law and the Independent Authorities. The data are stored in the databases of ELSTAT for as long as required by the relevant legislation.

Legal basis of the processing: Article 6, para 1(c) and 1(d) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

https://www.statistics.gr/el/privacy-info

• ELSTAT protects and does not disseminate data it has obtained or it has access to, which enable the direct or indirect identification of the statistical units that have provided them by the disclosure of individual information directly received for statistical purposes or indirectly supplied from administrative or other sources. ELSTAT takes all appropriate preventive measures so as to render impossible the identification of individual statistical units by technical or other means that might reasonably be used by a third party. Statistical data that could potentially enable the identification of the statistical unit are disseminated by ELSTAT if and only if:

a) these data have been treated, as it is specifically set out in the Regulation on Statistical Obligations of the agencies of the Hellenic Statistical System (ELSS), in such a way that their   dissemination does not prejudice statistical confidentiality or
b) the statistical unit has given its consent, without any reservations, for the disclosure of data.

• The confidential data that are transmitted by ELSS agencies to ELSTAT are used exclusively for statistical purposes and the only persons who have the right to have access to these data are the personnel engaged in this task and appointed by an act of the President of ELSTAT.
• ELSTAT may grant researchers conducting statistical analyses for scientific purposes access to data that enable the indirect identification of the statistical units concerned. The access is granted provided the following conditions are satisfied:
  
  a) an appropriate request together with a detailed research proposal in conformity with current scientific standards have been submitted;
  
  b) the research proposal indicates in sufficient detail the set of data to be accessed, the methods of analyzing them, and the time needed for the research;
  
  c) a contract specifying the conditions for access, the obligations of the researchers, the measures for respecting the confidentiality of statistical data and the sanctions in case of breach of these obligations has been signed by the individual researcher, by his/her institution, or by the organization commissioning the research, as the case may be, and by ELSTAT.
• Issues referring to the observance of statistical confidentiality are examined by the Statistical Confidentiality Committee (SCC) operating in ELSTAT. The responsibilities of this Committee are to make recommendations to the President of ELSTAT on:
  •  the level of detail at which statistical data can be disseminated, so as the identification, either directly or indirectly, of the surveyed statistical unit is not possible;
  • the anonymization criteria for the microdata provided to users;
  •  the granting to researchers access to confidential data for scientific purposes.
• The staff of ELSTAT, under any employment status, as well as the temporary survey workers who are employed for the collection of statistical data in statistical surveys conducted by ELSTAT, who acquire access by any means to confidential data, are bound by the principle of confidentiality and must use these data exclusively for the statistical purposes of ELSTAT. After the termination of their term of office, they are not allowed to use these data for any purpose.
• Violation of data confidentiality and/or statistical confidentiality by any civil servant or employee of ELSTAT constitutes the disciplinary offence of violation of duty and may be punished with the penalty of final dismissal.
• ELSTAT, by its decision, may impose a penalty amounting from ten thousand (10,000) up to two hundred thousand (200,000) euros to anyone who violates the confidentiality of data and/or statistical confidentiality. The penalty is always imposed after the hearing of the defense of the person liable for the breach, depending on the gravity and the repercussions of the violation. Any relapse constitutes an aggravating factor for the assessment of the administrative sanction.
• Pursuant to the Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data [Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR)], ELSTAT implements the appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring adequate level of security against risks for the personal data it collects and has access to, in the context of carrying out its tasks, in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation and to protect these personal data from any unauthorised access or illegal processing.

Annual data on vital events is announced 9 months after the end of the reference year whereas data on migration statistics is announced 12 months after the end of the reference year.

https://www.statistics.gr/en/calendar#62023

Data are disseminated on Eurostat database.

Yearly

A data release regarding Vital Statistics is published at the end of September, each year, which is followed by spreadsheet tables.

Data on migration and population statistics are released 12 months after the end of the reference period.

Digital publications containing, among others, Vital Statistics annual data are published every three or four months.

The link is:      ELSTAT - estimated population database

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Documentation on quality is available in Euro-SDMX format (ESMS)

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) aims to ensure and further improve the quality of statistics produced and maintain the confidence of users in them. This is achieved through the Quality Policy of ELSTAT which is posted on the website of ELSTAT and is available at the following link: http://www.statistics.gr/en/policies.

Statistics are prepared in line with the principles of the European Statistical Code of Practice.

The Vital data come from administrative sources (Civil Registry Offices of the Municipalities). Data are provisional and not yet finilised and possible overdue registrations may not be included.

Estimation methods and models are used for migration flows and they are reviewed as more administrative data are available.

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It is a first estimation of immigration six months after the end of the reference year. Emigration is not yet available and last year's figure is used.

Data are published 6 months after the end of the reference period (2023).

Data are published on time.

Data refer to national level.

Comparability of the results are subject to national definitions of population. ELSTAT follows the usual residence definition as recommended by the ESS.

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Annual population estimates are based on Census 2021 results.

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Intercensal population estimates are revised according to the revision policy of ELSTAT, which is available at the following link:

ELSTAT revision policy.

Recommended international practices are also taken into account.

Following the finalization of decenial census results a revision of migration and population estimation is conducted.

Vital statistics refering to 2023 are provisional and expected to be finalised and nationaly disseminated in October 2024. Immigration total is subject to revision. Emigration total of previous year (2022) is used for 2023 and is expected to be estimated and disseminated at the end of reporting year (2024).

Data on Births and Deaths are collected from Civil Registries on a monthly basis.

The Registrars complete electronically vital data to a central Information System of the Ministry of Interior.  This information system is the source or raw data for ELSTAT for its own statistical purposes.

Vital data are validated after exhaustive quality checks.

Compilation of tables by event, age, sex, marital status, citizenship, place of birth, place of residence, place of event, geographical region, education level, occupation, cause of death and other variables and comparative tables (time series), showing the evolution of the Vital Statistics.

No adjustments.

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