🇬🇷 Greece vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 11° · Jul 31° · Athens
Jan 18° · Jul 29° · Hanoi
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 50 · Good
AQI 87 · Moderate
Prices vs EU average
Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100
−13% (2025)
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Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index
—
$2.89
Taxes on salary
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
~39% of labour cost (2025)
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Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified 2026-06
7% flat tax for foreign pensioners · 50% inbound-worker exemption
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
2.5% / yr (2025)
3.3% / yr (2025)
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, 6-month window
All measured apps work
All measured apps work
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
14.2% of population (2024)
0.3% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
80 yrs
74 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
EUR
VND
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC+3
UTC+7
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 2026-07-07. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 2026-07-07. Sources shown per row.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
🇬🇷 Greece
7% flat tax on all foreign income · 15 years
Verified 2026-06 · AADE (tax authority)
🇬🇷 Greece
Half of Greek employment income tax-free · 7 years
Verified 2026-06 · AADE (tax authority)
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