Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Greece
Greece: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) was 9.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in Greece, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insurance and financial services in Greece is 9.5%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Greece peaked at 13.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2001.
Greece ranks 58th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8.0% | — |
| 1977 | 7.3% | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 7.1% | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 6.7% | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 6.5% | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 5.4% | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 4.8% | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 5.1% | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 6.2% | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 6.3% | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 5.4% | -13.9% |
| 1987 | 6.5% | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 5.4% | -17.2% |
| 1989 | 5.2% | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 5.4% | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 4.7% | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 4.4% | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 4.7% | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 4.4% | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 4.5% | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 5.2% | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -33.8% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | -19.5% |
| 2001 | 2.6% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +73.8% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | +18.2% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | +26.7% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 8.2% | +17.4% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | +33.1% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 11.0% | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 8.5% | -22.7% |
| 2016 | 9.0% | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | -6.7% |
| 2025 | 9.5% | +8.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 9.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 6.4%, 1.5× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Greece's 9.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.2%, 1.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.3% | 6.7% | 8.0% | 4 |
| 1980s | 5.7% | 4.8% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.6% | 2.6% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 7.4% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More private sector data for Greece
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 14.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 58.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 92.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 31.59 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 54.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 58.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,259 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Greece?
- Insurance and financial services in Greece was 9.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2001.
- How does Greece rank for insurance and financial services?
- Greece ranks 58th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.