Travel services in Greece
Greece: Travel services was 9.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Greece, 1976–2024
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 travel services in Greece is 9.9%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and down 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Greece peaked at 44.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2021.
That places Greece 152nd out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24.8% | — |
| 1977 | 22.5% | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 25.7% | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 25.5% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 24.2% | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 23.2% | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 26.5% | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 27.8% | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 28.4% | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 28.7% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 34.5% | +20.1% |
| 1987 | 32.2% | -6.6% |
| 1988 | 37.1% | +15.2% |
| 1989 | 37.1% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 39.5% | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 34.4% | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 34.6% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 31.5% | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 32.9% | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 33.1% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 31.6% | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 31.6% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 44.9% | +41.9% |
| 2000 | 41.4% | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 37.1% | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 25.6% | -31.0% |
| 2003 | 22.4% | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 21.0% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 18.4% | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 17.0% | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 17.1% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 16.4% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 13.6% | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 12.3% | -18.0% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | -64.4% |
| 2021 | 5.0% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | +35.1% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | +32.4% |
| 2024 | 9.9% | +9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.6% | 22.5% | 25.7% | 4 |
| 1980s | 30.0% | 23.2% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.9% | 31.5% | 44.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 23.7% | 15.8% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 12.3% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 5.0% | 9.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More private sector data for Greece
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Greece?
- Travel services in Greece was 9.9% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 44.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2021.
- How does Greece rank for travel services?
- Greece ranks 152nd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.