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GREECE
Fact sheets are updated biannually; June and December
General information
Capital:
Land area:
Official language(s):
Population:
Currency:
Athens
128,900 sq km
Greek
10.9 million (2015)
Euro
Head of State
President HE Mr Prokopios V. Pavlopoulos
Head of Government
Prime Minister HE Mr Alexis Tsipras
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
288.1
25,896.9
298.7
26,850.3
-9.1
-28.8
-10.0
3.1
17.9
245.8
22,171.9
282.0
25,433.1
-7.3
-9.4
-3.8
1.0
24.4
239.6
21,773.3
277.4
25,205.6
-3.2
-4.9
-2.0
-0.9
27.5
235.9
21,593.5
284.2
26,006.2
0.7
-5.0
-2.1
-1.4
26.5
195.3
17,988.5
286.6
26,391.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
-1.1
25.0
195.9
18,077.6
290.5
26,809.5
0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
23.3
Economic indicators (a)
GDP (US$b) (current prices)
GDP per capita (US$)
GDP PPP (Int'l $b)
GDP per capita PPP (Int'l $)
Real GDP growth (% change yoy)
Current account balance (US$b)
Current account balance (% GDP)
Inflation (% change yoy)
Unemployment (% labour force)
Australia's trade and investment relationship with Greece (b)
Australian merchandise trade with Greece, 2015-16 (A$m)
Exports to Greece
Imports from Greece
Total merchandise trade (exports + imports)
15
201
216
Major Australian exports, 2015-16 (A$m)
Fruit & nuts
Agric machinery (excl tractors) & parts
Specialised machinery & parts
Ships & boats (incl hovercraft)
3
2
1
1
Australia's trade in services with Greece, 2015-16 (A$m)
Exports of services to Greece
Imports of services from Greece
79
917
Major Australian services exports, 2015-16 (A$m)
Education-related travel
Personal travel excluding education
38
21
Total share
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
Rank
100th
56th
66th
Growth (yoy)
18.2%
-1.3%
-0.1%
Major Australian imports, 2015-16 (A$m)
Vegetables, prepared or preserved
Cheese & curd
Medicaments (incl veterinary)
Aluminium
Total share
0.1%
1.2%
Rank
54th
20th
31
22
20
13
Growth (yoy)
6.8%
0.4%
Major Australian services imports, 2015-16 (A$m)
Transport
Personal travel excluding education
Australia's investment relationship with Greece, 2015 (A$m)
Australia's investment in Greece
Greece's investment in Australia
Total
240
284
468
399
FDI
np
np
Greece's global merchandise trade relationships
Greece's principal export destinations, 2015
1 Italy
2 Germany
3 Turkey
40 Australia
11.3%
7.2%
6.7%
0.5%
Greece's principal import sources, 2015
1 Germany
2 Russian Federation
3 Italy
101 Australia
10.6%
8.1%
7.8%
0.0%
Compiled by the Economic Diplomacy, Trade Advocacy & Statistics Section, DFAT, using the latest data from the ABS, the IMF and various international sources.
(a) Economic indicators data is from the IMF WEO where available, the EIU or other reputable source. Data may include forecasts or projections for recent years. GNI may be shown in lieu of GDP for countries where GDP data is unavailable.
(b) Merchandise trade data is based on published and unpublished ABS data. May exclude confidential items of trade. Totals may not add up due to rounding. Investment data is stocks as at end December.
All data may be subject to future revisions.
GDP - Gross Domestic Product PPP - Purchasing power parity GNI - Gross National Income na - Data is not available np - Data is not published .. - Data is not meaningful Primary - Primary goods STM - Simply transformed manufactures
ETM - Elaborately transformed manufactures Other - Other goods including non-monetary gold f.c.f. - Fresh, chilled or frozen nes - Not elsewhere specified