International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Greece
Greece: International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) was 2.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Greece, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Greece stood at 2.1%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 58.7% on the previous year and down 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Greece peaked at 11.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2020.
Greece ranks 144th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.0% | — |
| 1996 | 5.4% | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 11.2% | +87.3% |
| 2000 | 10.9% | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 10.2% | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | -41.2% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | -17.3% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +47.8% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 5.1% | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -58.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 2.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 57% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Greece's 2.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.1%, 68% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +87.3% | 6.0% | 11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.2% | 5.4% | 11.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 3.3% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 141 Grenada 2.2% compare
- 142 Dominican Republic 2.2% compare
- 143 Eswatini 2.2% compare
- 145 Paraguay 2.1% compare
- 146 Luxembourg 2.0% compare
- 147 South Africa 2.0% compare
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 international tourism, expenditures in Greece?
- International tourism, expenditures in Greece was 2.1% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2020.
- How does Greece rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Greece ranks 144th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.