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Public spending on children in Greece

Children affected, bottlenecks, CRC recommendations and national actions

Between 2010 and 2016, total general government expenditure fell which now seems to be restored to pre-crisis levels (52.5 per cent of GDP in 2022 vs 55.1 per cent in 2011).

Enabling Environment

Legislation, policy, resources, coordination, data

Budgetary allocations on specific sectors, such as social protection benefits for families/children, on educational infrastructure and resources are lower than the EU average.
The budget allocations to children and subsequently the financing gap for child-specific investments required to achieve national, EU and SDG targets for children is not known.

10(a) Continue to increase and prioritise budgetary allocations to ensure the implementation of the rights of the child at all levels, addressing child poverty, including by increasing allocations for social services for families and children, health and education and for children in situations of vulnerability, while protecting them from cuts, including those funded from external sources.
10(b) Establish a budgeting process with clear allocations to children in the relevant sectors and agencies, specific indicators and tracking and monitoring systems.
10(c) Invest on follow up and sustainability of services funded from external sources particularly from the European Structural and Investment funds.