The terrible Greek economy, in 4 charts

After Greece missed its deadline last week to make a $1.8 billion loan payment to the IMF, nearly 60 percent of Greeks voted "no" on a eurozone bailout referendum Sunday. The results of that vote could lead to the nation being forced out of the eurozone and into a future of prolonged economic uncertainty that could have global repercussions.

To put the prospect of a Grexit in perspective, here are four charts from Quartz that illustrate just how terrible, horrible, no good, and rotten the Greek economy really is. A helpful guide to reading the graphs: It's really, really not supposed to look like this.

Greek unemployment rates remains above 25 percent — far above the rest of the eurozone.

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