Greece's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) was US$17.8 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 86.87% from US$9.52 billion in 2015 (6.45% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$17.8 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$8.74 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$9.52 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$24.44 billion | 2008 |
| Lowest | US$267 million | 1976 |
| Average since 2016 | US$11.94 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$267 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Greece's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) fell 5.1% on 2024 (from US$18.75 billion to US$17.8 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +10.1% and a typical year strayed about 30.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 112.5% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 56.3% in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$1.07 billion a year. A straight line explains 63% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Greece had the 51st highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | US$17.8 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$7.99 trillion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$3.97 trillion | 2025 |
| High income | US$6.83 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Greece in the 2025 ranking
- Viet Nam — 47th of 136: US$19.79 billion
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 48th of 136: US$19.45 billion
- New Zealand — 49th of 136: US$17.99 billion
- Nigeria — 51st of 136: US$14.98 billion
- Philippines — 52nd of 136: US$13.5 billion
- Macao SAR, China — 53rd of 136: US$12.18 billion
What this measures
Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 49 values
| Year | Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17,797,587,370 |
| 2024 | 18,752,325,374 |
| 2023 | 16,721,161,028 |
| 2022 | 10,040,946,049 |
| 2021 | 8,529,849,981 |
| 2020 | 8,736,298,002 |
| 2019 | 9,999,343,659 |
| 2018 | 10,530,174,317 |
| 2017 | 9,347,178,438 |
| 2016 | 8,963,881,952 |
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$1.25 billion (2025)
- Armenia — US$1.82 billion (2025)
- Austria — US$49.77 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$4.89 billion (2025)
- Belarus — US$3.87 billion (2025)
- Belgium — US$105.04 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$1.67 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — US$11.11 billion (2025)
- Croatia — US$8.17 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — US$28.55 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Greece
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$24.05 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$7.94 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$51.18 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 45.29 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$41.73 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 39.07 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 18.24% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$193.78 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Greece's primary income payments (BoP, current US$)?
- US$17.8 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is up 6,566% from US$267 million in 1976 (8.95% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$24.44 billion in 2008 and the lowest US$267 million in 1976.
- How does Greece rank?
- 51st highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in primary income payments (BoP, current US$) unusual for Greece?
- In 2025, Greece's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) fell 5.1% on 2024 (from US$18.75 billion to US$17.8 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +10.1% and a typical year strayed about 30.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.FCTY.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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