Digital Government Outlook 2026: Greece
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This country note presents an overview of the digital government landscape in Greece drawing on the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the 2025 OECD OURdata Index. The note outlines key policy developments in the country observed during the assessment period. It aims to inform policy dialogue and support Greece in advancing a whole-of-government approach to digital transformation in the public sector.
In the 2025 edition of the OECD Digital Government Index, Greece attained a score of 0.71, above the OECD average of 0.70. Greece did not participate in the 2023 edition (Figure 1).
Greece recorded higher scores in User-Driven (0.77), Government as a Platform (0.75), Digital by Design (0.74), Proactiveness (0.70) and Open by Default (0.63), compared with OECD averages of 0.71, 0.71, 0.75, 0.67 and 0.59 respectively. These results show that Greece performs well in placing user needs at the centre of service design and in developing shared platforms for government-wide use.
Greece scored below the OECD average in Data-driven Public Sector (0.66 vs 0.74). This means that Greece still has room for improvement in leveraging data as a strategic asset for public sector decision-making.
In the 2025 edition of the OECD OURdata Index, Greece attained a score of 0.28 (Figure 2). This represents a 0.05 increase since 2023.
Greece scored below the OECD average across all three pillars: 0.29 in Data availability, 0.54 in Data accessibility and 0.01 in Government support for data re-use, compared with OECD averages of 0.53, 0.67 and 0.40, respectively. These results suggest that Greece faces challenges in open government data provision.
The lowest score was recorded in Government support for data re-use (0.01). This means that Greece has room for improvement in developing mechanisms to actively promote the re-use of government data, in order to generate public value from open government data initiatives.
Greece has developed a comprehensive data interoperability system through the Interoperability Center (KED) of the Ministry of Digital Governance. KED provides a single environment for 24/7 data exchange between public bodies through standardised web services, ensuring high information security while not storing operational data for data protection reasons. KED includes the Interoperability Request Management Application, a web services platform, and a Common Implementation Guide.
A comprehensive catalogue of digital services is available in Greece through the Unified Digital Portal Gov.gr. The portal offers access to more than 2,000 digital services, categorised by life events and public administration sectors, serving as a central access point for citizens and businesses.
Artificial intelligence is being applied across government in Greece. The Hellenic Cadastre uses AI to evaluate property contracts, reducing processing time from three hours to under ten minutes. The mAigov digital assistant on Gov.gr streamlines citizen interactions with public services. The Hellenic Statistical Authority has also explored AI-driven approaches to enhance public policy formulation.
While Greece performs well in areas such as monitoring and GovTech collaboration, gaps remain in its digital investment framework. A common impact evaluation methodology, ex-post cost-benefit analysis and systematic risk assessments remain limited. Developing these capabilities could support more evidence-based investment decisions.
Greece’s government data ecosystem has undergone substantial reform since the DGI and OURdata assessment period ending in 2024. Key developments include the Law 5188/2025 transposing the EU Data Governance Act and the establishment of the Special Secretariat for AI and Data Governance in July 2025 to lead the open government data policy and data governance oversight. This new institutional setting provides now dedicated statutory mandate for public sector data governance, dedicated funding and an explicit mandate to appoint data governance officers in every central public body.
Furthermore, Greece launched in 2025 the renewed open data portal data.gov.gr as a mechanism to comply with the EU Regulation 2023/138 on availability of high-value datasets. Altogether, these developments signal significant progress in establishing the institutional and regulatory foundations for strengthened data governance and open data availability.
The OECD Digital Government Outlook (DGO) provides a comprehensive assessment of digital government policies across OECD Members and accession candidate countries. It draws on the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the 2025 OECD Open, Useful and Re-usable Data (OURdata) Index to evaluate progress and identify persistent gaps in digital transformation across the public sector.
The DGI assesses the enabling foundations for digital transformation across six dimensions: Digital by Design, Data-driven Public Sector, Government as a Platform, Open by Default, User-Driven and Proactiveness. Rather than measuring the digitalisation of specific services, the DGI focuses on the strategies, policy levers, implementation practices and monitoring mechanisms that enable coherent, whole-of-government digital transformation. Greece did not participate in the 2023 edition of the DGI.
The OURdata Index benchmarks the robustness of open government data policies across three pillars: data availability, data accessibility and government support for data re-use. It supports policymakers in monitoring the design and implementation of national open government data policies.
Both indices were developed with OECD Member countries through the OECD Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials (E-Leaders) and approved by the OECD Public Governance Committee.
Figure 1: The 2025 DGI OECD average does not include Germany and the United States. Data cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024. The composite score is the unweighted average of the six-dimension scores.
Figure 2: The 2025 and 2023 OURdata Index OECD average does not include Denmark, Hungary and the United States. 2025 data cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024. 2023 data cover the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. The composite score is the unweighted average of the three-pillar scores.
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The full book is available in English: OECD (2026), Digital Government Outlook 2026: From Foundations to Transformational Impact, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0496b2bc-en.
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