Greece: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue)

Key figures

Since 1972 it is down 6.68 percentage points from 6.69% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.59 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.71 percentage points in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Greece had the 66th highest value of the 68 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.

Closest to Greece in the 2024 ranking

• Denmark — 62nd of 68: 0.04%
• Bulgaria — 63rd of 68: 0.03%
• United Arab Emirates — 64th of 68: 0.01%
• France — 66th of 68: 0.00325%
• Romania — 67th of 68: 0.000283%
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 68th of 68: 0.0000133%

What this measures

Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 42 values

Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in nearby economies

• Albania — 1.23% (2024)
• Armenia — 3.06% (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 3.77% (2024)
• Belarus — 10.07% (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0.0000133% (2024)
• Bulgaria — 0.03% (2024)
• Croatia — 0.000307% (2020)
• Cyprus — 0.16% (2019)
• Denmark — 0.04% (2024)
• France — 0.00325% (2024)

More public sector data for Greece

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 574 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 8.39 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 7.44 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.99% (2025)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 5.35 billion (2024)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 2.26% (2024)
• Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — 2.88 billion (2024)
• Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — 1.22% (2024)
• Social contributions (current LCU) — 31.52 billion (2024)
• Social contributions (% of revenue)

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Questions people ask

What is Greece's taxes on international trade (% of revenue)?

0.00714% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is down 6.68 percentage points from 6.69% in 1972. The highest value was 7.15% in 1973 and the lowest 0.00112% in 2010.

How does Greece rank?

66th highest of 68 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.INTT.RV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance 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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