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GENERAL PROFILE: GREECE
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2015
Population
Exchange rate
GDP
10.955 Millions
0.902 EUR/US$
194 860 Millions current US$
Land area ¹
CPI growth
GDP growth
(m) 128 900 km²
-1.74 %
-0.22 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Merchandise exports
17 278
27 950
36 030
28 725
Merchandise imports
54 436
66 913
64 202
48 346
-37 158
-38 963
-28 172
-19 620
Merchandise trade balance
-20.3 %
Merchandise exports
growth rate in 2015
Export structure by product group in 2015
Top 5 partners in 2015
(as % of total exports)
(exports, millions of US$)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE INDICES
Total trade in services ²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Services exports
33 866
(e) 37 223
41 197
(e) 30 924
Services imports
16 228
(e) 20 113
16 956
(e) 12 189
Services trade balance
17 639
(e) 17 110
24 241
(e) 18 734
Services exports by main category ²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Transport
-
(e) 54.9
42.3
(e) 35.8
Travel
-
(e) 34.2
43.1
(e) 50.5
Other services
-
10.3
14.1
(e) 13.2
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2014
2015
247 777
299 362
236 080
194 860
GDP per capita, current US$
22 383
26 782
21 460
17 788
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
0.60
-5.48
0.35
-0.22
Current account balance, % of GDP
-7.36
-10.11
-2.07
-0.06
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.755
0.754
0.902
GDP, current
GDP by expenditure in 2014
(as % of total GDP)
-0.2 %
Gross domestic product
growth rate in 2015
GREECE
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
FDI inflows
FDI outflows
Personal remittances, % of GDP
2005
2010
2014
2015
623.29
329.91
1 670.36
-289.47
1 467.82
1 557.26
904.83
379.30
0.49
0.50
0.31
0.22
+0.2 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP
in 2015
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
LABOUR FORCE
Trade balance indicators ²
Labour force by gender in 2015
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Balance, % of GDP
-7.62
(e) -7.78
-2.26
(e) -0.20
Balance, % of imports
-26.37
(e) -26.35
-6.49
(e) -0.67
Normalized balance
-0.152
(e) -0.152
-0.034
(e) -0.003
(as % of total labour force, all sectors)
Trade openness ²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
OTHER INDICATORS
Maritime transport indicators
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum 2004 = 100 for China)
Container port throughput (TEU)
2005
2010
2014
2015
54 642
67 629
73 874
75 444
29.07
34.25
47.25
46.81
..
1 165 185
3 929 877
(e) 3 929 877
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
2.80
1.99
2.41
3.07
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
5.74
4.83
4.17
4.89
(l) 2.98
(o) 3.52
..
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
4.321 %
Share of the total world
merchant fleet in 2015
GREECE
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
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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.
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
Estimated.
Data not available for G5151; G5152 and 7123.
Estimated. Data refers to 2013.
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.
Symbols for missing values:
0
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_
...
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Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
Not available or not separately reported
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:
FDI:
GDP:
ICT:
TEU:
US$:
Dead weight tons
Foreign direct investment
Gross domestic product
Information and communication technology
Twenty foot equivalent unit
United States dollar
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Generation date: 06 June 2017