Tracking government expenditure through the Diavgeia transparency program
This section presents Greek public spending data sourced from the Diavgeia program, established under Greek Law 3861/2010 to maximize publicity of government policy and administrative action. Browse payments, payers, and payees across Greek public bodies.
"Where Public Money Goes Worldwide" — Greek data from Diavgeia, October 2010 to November 2012
Diavgeia (Cl@rity) is a Greek government transparency initiative mandated by Law 3861/2010. It requires all government institutions to publish their decisions, acts, and spending online, making public procurement, subsidies, and pricing data openly accessible. Publicspending.net processes and interlinks this data using the PSNET ontology, enabling cross-jurisdiction comparisons and custom queries.
For updated data on public procurements, subsidies, and pricing, visit linkedeconomy.org.
The Diavgeia transparency program represents a significant step forward in making Greek government spending visible to the public. By requiring all public institutions to publish their administrative decisions and expenditure records online, the initiative creates a direct channel between taxpayers and the way their money is used. This commitment to openness allows citizens, journalists, and researchers to examine how funds flow through the public sector, fostering accountability and encouraging more responsible financial management across government bodies.
For those interested in following public money worldwide, the Greek dataset offers a valuable window into how a national transparency program operates in practice. Users can explore payments, identify the public bodies making those payments, and trace the payees receiving them. This granular view of government expenditure helps reveal patterns, highlight potential inefficiencies, and support informed public discourse about fiscal priorities. The ability to query and analyze such records transforms raw financial data into meaningful insights about governance and resource allocation.
The effort to unify and enrich expenditure records across different classification systems, such as CPV and NAICS, reflects a broader mission to make public spending data more comparable and accessible. By developing algorithms that connect entity names and standardize payment categorizations, the platform aims to bridge gaps between datasets from different countries and programs. This ongoing engineering work helps turn scattered information into a coherent global picture, empowering users to follow the trillions with greater clarity and confidence.
Browse public payments made by Greek government bodies, with payer, payee, amount, and date details for 2011–2012.
View PaymentsExplore Greek public spending payers — ministries, agencies, and public bodies whose expenditure is tracked through Diavgeia.
View PayersDiscover which companies and organizations received public funds from Greek government sources during the covered period.
View Payees| Metric | Detail |
|---|---|
| Source | Diavgeia transparency program |
| Legal basis | Greek Law 3861/2010 |
| Time period | October 2010 – November 2012 |
| Data model | PSNET ontology |
| Access | Bulk download via datahub.io, SPARQL endpoint |
Greek spending data is interlinked with the broader Publicspending.net knowledge graph. Company names are unified across jurisdictions using entity-resolution algorithms, and payment categories are harmonized with CPV and NAICS classifications. This allows researchers and analysts to compare Greek public expenditure patterns with those of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and other tracked jurisdictions.
How It WorksDedicated Greek-language pages are available for payments and background information, making the data accessible to Greek-speaking researchers, journalists, and citizens.
These pages present the same underlying data with Greek-language navigation and descriptions.