Polity · 1967 CE – 1975 CE

Greek junta

Peak recorded area: 121,393 km²; 1967 CE
Data series: 63; 1967 CE–1970 CE
Sources cited: 8; see all

Overview

The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew a caretaker government a month before scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union was favoured to win.

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Territory

2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.

See the 1967 CE borders on the map →

The record

The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1975 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.

People

6 of 8 series

People series recorded for Greek junta, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Population4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	8.8Mpersons1970 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023
Urban Population4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	1.6Mpersons1970 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0
% Christian	98.36%1970 CE · CoW World Religion Project
% Jewish	0.04%1970 CE · CoW World Religion Project
% Muslim	1.42%1970 CE · CoW World Religion Project
% Nonreligious	0.13%1970 CE · CoW World Religion Project

Economy

6 of 32 series

Economy series recorded for Greek junta, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Agricultural Raw Exports %4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	9.76%1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Agricultural Raw Imports %4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	6.5%1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Cereal Production Tonnes4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	3.4Mmetric tons1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Cereal Yield Kg Per Ha4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	2,113.1kg per hectare1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Energy per capita4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	13.3KkWh1970 CE · Our World in Data Energy
Food Exports %4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	41.2%1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators

Military

Military series recorded for Greek junta, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
CINC Score4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.0027CINC (share of world capability)1970 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0
Energy Consumption4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	12.4Mcoal-ton equivalents1970 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0
Iron Steel Production4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	435Ktons1970 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0
Military Expenditure4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	473.6Mcurrent USD1970 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0
Military Personnel4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	180Kpersons1970 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0

Territory & resources

6 of 12 series

Territory & resources series recorded for Greek junta, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Agricultural Land %4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	71.02%1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Arable Land %4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	23.35%1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Arable Land per capita Ha4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.3423hectares per person1970 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators
Coal Production4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	12.54TWh1970 CE · Our World in Data Energy
Gas Production4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0TWh1970 CE · Our World in Data Energy
Oil Production4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0TWh1970 CE · Our World in Data Energy

Governance

Governance series recorded for Greek junta, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Electoral Democracy Index4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.074index (0-1)1970 CE · V-Dem v15
Liberal Democracy Index4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.066index (0-1)1970 CE · V-Dem v15
Participatory Democracy Index4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.036index (0-1)1970 CE · V-Dem v15
Regime Type4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0RoW index (0-3)1970 CE · V-Dem v15
Rule Of Law Index4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.429index (0-1)1970 CE · V-Dem v15

Development

Development series recorded for Greek junta, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Freedom Of Expression Index4 obs · 1967 CE–1970 CE	0.05index (0-1)1970 CE · V-Dem v15

Language & currency

Official & national languages: Greek
Currency: modern Greek drachma (GRD)

Sources

Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.

Cliopatria
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
CoW World Religion Projectv1.1
Maoz, Z. & Henderson, E.A. (2013). The World Religion Dataset, 1945-2010. International Interactions 39(3).
Free academic use, citation
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data Energy2024
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0

Greek junta is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.

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