Current account balance in Greece

The current account balance of Greece was -5.6% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1976 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Greece, 2025 -5.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.5percentage points 2024: -7.1%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 0.8% Middle value of 26 countries

Current account balance in Greece over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Greece
2025 -5.6%
2024 -7.1%
2023 -6.8%
2022 -10.9%
2021 -7.2%
2020 -7.1%
2019 -2.1%
2018 -3.6%
2017 -2.4%
2016 -2.3%
2015 -1.5%
2014 -1.4%
2013 -2.1%
2012 -2.6%
2011 -10.1%
2010 -10.2%
2009 -11.0%
2008 -14.6%
2007 -14.2%
2006 -11.0%
2005 -7.5%
2004 -5.7%
2003 -6.5%
2002 -6.4%
2001 -7.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from -7.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -1.5%, the figure has changed by −4.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1976 to 2025 for Greece
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics