Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Greece

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Greece in 2025 — 52.5%. Ranked 97 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.33 pp.

2025 52.5% −4.75 pp vs 2024
World rank 97of 189
Period maximum 72.39%2022
Period minimum 18.15%1964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Greece, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.17%1962: 18.5%1964: 18.15%1966: 19.23%1968: 18.7%1970: 20.07%1972: 19.33%1974: 25.66%1976: 28.06%1978: 25.65%1980: 28.02%1982: 26.6%1984: 30.1%1986: 30.57%1988: 23.61%1990: 28.88%1992: 28.56%1994: 26.88%1996: 28.03%1998: 29.48%2000: 35.97%2002: 27.94%2004: 28.97%2006: 33.01%2008: 36.43%2010: 31.69%2012: 40.62%2014: 41.87%2016: 38.82%2018: 48.47%2020: 47.64%2022: 72.39%2024: 57.24%2025: 52.5%
Change over the period: +31.33 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greece

Greece 52.5%
World 43.89%
Southern Europe computed 57.41%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.5 −4.75 pp
2024 57.24 −2.44 pp
2023 59.68 −12.71 pp
2022 72.39 +15.44 pp
2021 56.95 +9.31 pp
2020 47.64 −0.74 pp
2019 48.38 −0.09 pp
2018 48.47 +5.49 pp
2017 42.98 +4.16 pp
2016 38.82 +0.1 pp
2015 38.72 −3.15 pp
2014 41.87 +0.87 pp
2013 41 +0.39 pp
2012 40.62 +5.14 pp
2011 35.48 +3.79 pp
2010 31.69 +1.31 pp
2009 30.38 −6.05 pp
2008 36.43 +0.97 pp
2007 35.46 +2.44 pp
2006 33.01 +1.58 pp
2005 31.43 +2.46 pp
2004 28.97 −0.6 pp
2003 29.57 +1.63 pp
2002 27.94 −5.78 pp
2001 33.72 −2.25 pp
2000 35.97 +5.63 pp
1999 30.34 +0.85 pp
1998 29.48 +1.92 pp
1997 27.56 −0.47 pp
1996 28.03 +0.66 pp
1995 27.38 +0.49 pp
1994 26.88 −1.5 pp
1993 28.38 −0.17 pp
1992 28.56 −0.61 pp
1991 29.17 +0.29 pp
1990 28.88 −1.47 pp
1989 30.35 +6.75 pp
1988 23.61 −6.82 pp
1987 30.43 −0.14 pp
1986 30.57 −0.54 pp
1985 31.12 +1.02 pp
1984 30.1 +1.55 pp
1983 28.54 +1.95 pp
1982 26.6 +1.3 pp
1981 25.29 −2.72 pp
1980 28.02 +2.89 pp
1979 25.13 −0.52 pp
1978 25.65 −1.29 pp
1977 26.94 −1.12 pp
1976 28.06 +0.86 pp
1975 27.2 +1.54 pp
1974 25.66 +3.28 pp
1973 22.39 +3.06 pp
1972 19.33 +0.14 pp
1971 19.18 −0.89 pp
1970 20.07 +1.32 pp
1969 18.75 +0.05 pp
1968 18.7 +0.32 pp
1967 18.38 −0.85 pp
1966 19.23 −0.05 pp
1965 19.28 +1.13 pp
1964 18.15 −0.66 pp
1963 18.82 +0.32 pp
1962 18.5 −0.65 pp
1961 19.15 −2.02 pp
1960 21.17

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.