Foreign direct investment inflows in Greece

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Greece were 4.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Greece, 2025 4.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +2.2percentage points 2024: 2.6%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 39th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows 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.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period GreeceEuropean Union
2025 4.8% 1.2%
2024 2.6% 1.0%
2023 1.9% -1.3%
2022 3.7% 1.4%
2021 3.0% 3.9%
2020 1.7% 1.2%
2019 2.4% 3.7%
2018 1.9% 0.5%
2017 1.7% 4.0%
2016 1.4% 5.2%
2015 0.7% 6.2%
2014 1.2% 3.0%
2013 1.2% 4.0%
2012 0.7% 4.0%
2011 0.4% 5.7%
2010 0.2% 3.3%
2009 0.8% 3.9%
2008 1.6% 5.0%
2007 0.6% 10.0%
2006 2.0% 7.2%
2005 0.3% 6.1%
2004 0.9% 2.7%
2003 0.7% 3.0%
2002 0.0% 3.7%
2001 0.0% 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 2.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.7%, the figure has changed by +4.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Greece has the 39th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 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 and International Financial Statistics