Greece's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$11.78 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 40.58% from US$8.38 billion in 2015 (3.46% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$11.78 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$7.17 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$8.38 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$12.21 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$106 million | 1986 |
| Average since 2016 | US$8.62 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$136 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Greece's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) fell 3.5% on 2024 (from US$12.21 billion to US$11.78 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +10.7% and a typical year strayed about 25.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 90% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 49.6% in 1983. 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$633.21 million a year. A straight line explains 80% 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 44th 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$11.78 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$7.44 trillion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$3.8 trillion | 2025 |
| High income | US$6.91 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Greece in the 2025 ranking
- Chile — 40th of 136: US$12.88 billion
- Macao SAR, China — 41st of 136: US$12.63 billion
- South Africa — 42nd of 136: US$12.19 billion
- Türkiye — 44th of 136: US$11.2 billion
- New Zealand — 45th of 136: US$10.82 billion
- Romania — 46th of 136: US$10.31 billion
What this measures
Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 49 values
| Year | Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,784,457,640 |
| 2024 | 12,208,463,440 |
| 2023 | 10,910,642,367 |
| 2022 | 8,313,767,352 |
| 2021 | 7,850,919,687 |
| 2020 | 7,173,579,703 |
| 2019 | 6,963,687,515 |
| 2018 | 7,223,806,679 |
| 2017 | 6,900,494,208 |
| 2016 | 6,877,496,747 |
Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$1.2 billion (2025)
- Armenia — US$810.59 million (2025)
- Austria — US$51.5 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$2.9 billion (2025)
- Belarus — US$3.08 billion (2025)
- Belgium — US$115.04 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$1.38 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — US$3.31 billion (2025)
- Croatia — US$7.02 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — US$23.94 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Greece
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — 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$193.78 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Greece's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$)?
- US$11.78 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is up 8,565% from US$136 million in 1976 (9.53% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$12.21 billion in 2024 and the lowest US$106 million in 1986.
- How does Greece rank?
- 44th highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) unusual for Greece?
- In 2025, Greece's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) fell 3.5% on 2024 (from US$12.21 billion to US$11.78 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +10.7% and a typical year strayed about 25.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 BX.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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