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General profile: Greece

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
10.243 Millions
..
242 452 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 128 900 km²
4.15 %
3.71 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-5.9 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
17 278
27 950
28 554
55 072
Merchandise imports
54 436
66 913
46 786
89 470
Merchandise trade balance
-37 158
-38 963
-18 232
-34 398
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %37 %37 %33 %33 %8 %8 %21 %21 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
6 3253 7433 6313 3552 2896 3253 7433 6313 3552 289
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
33 859
37 260
35 116
53 081
Services imports
16 222
20 133
16 719
29 422
Services trade balance
17 637
17 127
18 397
23 658
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
(e) 50.9
54.9
43.2
42.8
Travel
(e) 39.2
34.2
44.6
41.9
Other services
-
10.3
11.8
(e) 14.7
TRADE INDICES
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1361301291201191181091051009391898279616871699795969698100100991009898981009998101102102
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+3.7 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
247 777
296 835
195 605
242 452
GDP per capita, current US$
22 563
26 683
18 077
23 670
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
0.60
-5.48
-0.20
3.71
Current account balance, % of GDP
-8.86
-10.11
-0.82
-6.23
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
68.520.121.149.158.968.520.121.149.158.9
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+1.6 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
623.29
329.91
1 268.16
5 430.14
FDI outflows
1 467.82
1 557.26
1 578.16
3 952.16
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.49
0.50
0.26
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
600.6688.9611.4676.3489.7400.9417.2509.3734.9804.7681.01 187.01 498.82 022.12 686.82 483.21 543.11 219.71 242.71 565.11 660.42 014.62 193.85 4308 4516 3283 2135 0193 9733 4852 7651 2682 6872 8181 7401 1433302 4364 4992 1115 3556232 1021 275401 5891 108FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
-7.61
-6.40
-0.61
-4.69
Balance, % of imports
-26.35
-22.87
-1.88
-9.64
Normalized balance
-0.152
-0.129
-0.009
-0.051
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
931089069807971636566626155504758575250
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 81%Urban 81%Rural 19%Rural 19%
OTHER INDICATORS
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2.588 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
54 642
67 629
75 191
58 940
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
1 177 767
3 736 833
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
2.80
1.99
3.07
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
5.74
4.83
4.89
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
(n) 2.98
(r) 3.52
(s) 2.88
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
n
Data not available for G5151; G5152 and 7123.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
r
Number of persons employed in full time equivalent units.Total business economy includes repair of computers, personal and household goods; except financial and insurance activities.
s
Provisional.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024