Greece for high earners 2026: Athens vs Mykonos after tax

Greece, for a high earner.

2 addresses in Greece on the Patrician.ch board, ranked by what a $1M earner keeps. Athens leads at 43%.

In short, current to September 2026

Athens ranks first in Greece, at 43% on $1,000,000 and ahead on the engine score (safety, schools, sun, beauty, cost and ease of entry). Mykonos is the alternative.
A resident pays about 15% on a capital gain in Greece.
No address in Greece carries an annual wealth tax.
Inheritance: Children taxed. Greece taxes children at 1% to 10% above a €150,000 allowance.
Greece runs a special regime for new arrivals: Non dom flat tax of €100K a year on all foreign income for 15 years, plus a 7% flat rate for foreign pensioners.
Rules moved in 2024: the golden visa floor rose to €800K in the areas people actually want.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 48 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to September 2026. Updated 23 September 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Greece for high earners 2026: Athens vs Mykonos after tax, patrician.ch/countries/greece/, September 2026.

Ranked

2 addresses in Greece, by what a $1M earner keeps.

Athens 🇬🇷 Greecekeeps $569K of $1M, gains 15%, safety 7 of 10, schools 6 of 10

43%

Mykonos 🇬🇷 Greecekeeps $569K of $1M, gains 15%, safety 7 of 10, schools 4 of 10

43%

Address	Tax on $1M	Kept	Gains	Wealth tax	Heirs	Cost
Athens	43%	$569K	15%	None	Children taxed	58
Mykonos	43%	$569K	15%	None	Children taxed	108

Simplified marginal model, indicative 2026 brackets, non-US single filer. Wealth tax is the top rate. Cost is the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100.

Who gets in

The route into Greece.

EU nationals register on arrival. Golden Visa from €250K in converted buildings or €800K in Athens and the islands. Citizenship after 7 years.

Residence by investment · 2 of 2Remote work visa · 2 of 2Lump sum residence · 1 of 2

Greece's passport scores 70.5 on the Henley 2026 mobility index. All 65 passports, ranked.

The regime for new arrivals.

Non dom flat tax of €100K a year on all foreign income for 15 years, plus a 7% flat rate for foreign pensioners

Every regime for new arrivals, compared

Questions

The short answers.

Where should a high earner live in Greece?

Athens ranks first in Greece, at 43% on $1,000,000 and ahead on the engine score (safety, schools, sun, beauty, cost and ease of entry). Mykonos is the alternative.

Ties on tax are broken by the Patrician.ch engine score at its default weights (safety, schools, sun, beauty, cost and ease of entry). Your own income and passports can reorder the list.

How much income tax does a $1M earner pay in Greece?

43% effective across the 2 addresses on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, single filer, before social contributions.

Greece runs a special regime for new arrivals: Non dom flat tax of €100K a year on all foreign income for 15 years, plus a 7% flat rate for foreign pensioners.

Does Greece tax capital gains?

Yes.

A resident pays about 15% on a capital gain in Greece, about $150K on a $1,000,000 gain.

Does Greece have a wealth tax?

No. None of the 2 addresses in Greece carries an annual wealth tax on the Patrician.ch model.

Does Greece have an inheritance tax?

Children taxed in Greece. Greece taxes children at 1% to 10% above a €150,000 allowance.

Source: Greek Inheritance Tax Code, current to September 2026.

How does a foreigner get residence in Greece?

EU nationals register on arrival.

Golden Visa from €250K in converted buildings or €800K in Athens and the islands. Citizenship after 7 years. Routes that matter for money: Residence by investment, Remote work visa, Lump sum residence.

Are millionaires moving to Greece?

Yes. Greece saw a net inflow of 1,200 millionaires in 2025 on the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report, against +1,200 in 2024.

That is a country figure, not a city one. Henley's 2026 report published no new flow estimates, so 2025 is the latest.

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Greece, for a high earner.