Merchandise trade in Greece
Greece: Merchandise trade was 52.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Greece, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Greece recorded 52.5% for merchandise trade in 2025.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Greece peaked at 72.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 1964.
That places Greece 102nd out of 204 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21.2% | — |
| 1961 | 19.2% | -9.5% |
| 1962 | 18.5% | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 18.8% | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 18.2% | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 19.3% | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 19.2% | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 18.4% | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 18.7% | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 18.8% | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 20.1% | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 19.2% | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 19.3% | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 22.4% | +15.8% |
| 1974 | 25.7% | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 27.2% | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 28.1% | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 26.9% | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 25.6% | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 25.1% | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 28.0% | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 25.3% | -9.7% |
| 1982 | 26.6% | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 28.5% | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 30.1% | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 31.1% | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 30.6% | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 30.4% | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 23.6% | -22.4% |
| 1989 | 30.4% | +28.6% |
| 1990 | 28.9% | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 29.2% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 28.6% | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 28.4% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 26.9% | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 27.4% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 28.0% | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 27.6% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 29.5% | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 30.3% | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 36.0% | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 33.7% | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 27.9% | -17.1% |
| 2003 | 29.6% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 29.0% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 31.4% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 33.0% | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 35.5% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 36.4% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 30.4% | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 31.7% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 35.5% | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 40.6% | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 41.0% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 41.9% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 38.7% | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 38.8% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 43.0% | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 48.5% | +12.8% |
| 2019 | 48.4% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 47.6% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 56.9% | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 72.4% | +27.1% |
| 2023 | 59.7% | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 57.2% | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 52.5% | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.0% | 18.2% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.0% | 19.2% | 28.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.5% | 23.6% | 31.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.5% | 26.9% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.3% | 27.9% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.8% | 31.7% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.7% | 47.6% | 72.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More private sector data for Greece
- Food imports 13.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 92.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 37.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 54.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,259 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1952 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 8,889 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Greece?
- Merchandise trade in Greece was 52.5% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 72.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 1964.
- How does Greece rank for merchandise trade?
- Greece ranks 102nd out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.