SEI — Social Entrepreneurship Index
Countries/EU-27

Greece

EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites

63.3composite, 0–100
21 / 45rank · 20 of 27 in EU-27
+2.6change since 2015, time-varying indicators
Economic52.9Legal74.2Financial72.1Institutional47.1Political70.0
GreeceEU-27 average

Dimensions

DimensionScoreRank /45EU-27EU-27Indicators
Political70.01771.571.57 / 8
Economic52.93262.862.813 / 20
Legal74.21463.863.87 / 12
Institutional47.14061.961.99 / 16
Financial72.11671.071.03 / 7
Composite63.32166.266.239 / 63

Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.

Composite, 2015–2024

6070802015201820212024
GreeceEU-27 average

Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.

Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025

SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1
Action Plan for Social Economy and Social Innovation (SE&SI NAP), MLSA/MSCFA SEE Directorate, March 2023 · source
3/3
Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2
Directorate for Social and Solidarity Economy, Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs (MLSA until 2023) · source
1/2
Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2
National Public Procurement Strategy 2021-2025 (target on social reference contracts); Law 5129/2024 and Ministry of Health circular (2025) · source
1/2
Official SE definition 3.1
Law No 4430/2016 · source
1/1
Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1
Law No 4430/2016 on Social and Solidarity Economy (preceded by Law 4019/2011); KOISPE provisions amended by Law 5129/2024 · source
2/2
SE support ecosystem 4.3.6
MSCFA thematic online capacity-building seminars (2024-2025); West Athens e-SEIS portal and SEE Observatory (ASDA, local, ITI-funded) · source
1/2
EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1
NSRF/ESF+ Regional Programmes calls for SE entities (10 of 13 Regions, 2023-2025); NSRF Sectoral Programme 'Human Resources and Social Cohes · source
2/2
Dedicated national funding 5.2.2
None dedicated; statutory Social Economy Fund (Art. 10 Law 4430/2016) not set up; 'Social entrepreneurship and Handicraft' scheme (Law 5203/ · source
1/2

Policy composite 75.0 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).

Cite this profile

Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Greece: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/greece/