Trade, travel and shipping.
What we sell abroad. What we buy. What travel and shipping earn.
Improving
A favourable change under this indicator’s stated rule, compared with the same period one year earlier.
Lower unemployment or debt/GDP is positive. Higher employment or a smaller trade deficit is also positive.
Green does not always mean the number increased.
Worsening
An unfavourable change under this indicator’s stated rule, compared with the same period one year earlier.
Higher unemployment or debt/GDP is negative. Inflation moving further from the dashboard’s 2% reference is also negative.
Red describes the observed change, not its cause or the country’s overall condition.
Unchanged / context needed
No improvement or deterioration is assigned. The value may be unchanged, its meaning ambiguous, or the comparison unavailable or delayed.
Imports can rise because of demand or investment, so they remain neutral. Missing or delayed comparisons also remain neutral.
Neutral does not mean good, bad, or zero.
Trade totals use national accounts. Travel and sea transport use balance-of-payments services data. Different definitions and reporting years remain visible; do not add the two systems together.
The external economy at a glance
Goods and services: exports and imports
The same year is used for every row. A positive balance means exports exceed imports. These are current euro values, not volumes.
Trade over time
Travel: spending across borders
Sea transport: services across borders
What these flows tell us
Receipts are money earned from non-residents; payments are money paid to non-residents. The balance is receipts minus payments. A services surplus can coexist with a goods deficit.
Higher receipts can reflect prices as well as activity. Imports and travel spending abroad are not automatically harmful. No conclusion about jobs, profitability or household welfare follows from these flows alone.
Eurostat provides the harmonised series. Travel and sea transport are BPM6 data compiled nationally by the Bank of Greece. Detailed annual service data may lag newer national releases; the displayed years and source flags are preserved.
Services methodology ↗Travel and sea transport: annual accounts
Click a value for its dated observation and full source. N/A means unavailable, not zero. Monetary values in € million.
Greece exports, tourism and shipping statistics
Explore Greek exports, imports, travel receipts and sea transport services through official trade and balance-of-payments statistics.
Greece OS is an independent application presenting public data, not an official government website. Reporting periods differ by indicator. The interactive dashboards show available observations, definitions and sources.