The Greek economy recorded a growth rate of 2.1% in 2025, with significant strengthening of investments and increased exports, despite the challenging international environment shaped by geopolitical tensions and global trade disruptions due to the United States’ tariff policies. Even better was the economy’s performance during the last three months of the previous year, when GDP expanded by 2.4% compared to the corresponding quarter of 2024, a performance reflecting the particularly positive momentum of Greek production.
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Although data for the eurozone’s annual growth in 2025 is not yet available, according to Eurostat, the eurozone and broader European Union saw their GDP increase by 1.2% and 1.4% respectively in the fourth quarter, clearly lower rates compared to Greece.
Quality growth and strengthening of workers’ wages
The qualitative data from ELSTAT (Hellenic Statistical Authority) is particularly significant, showing that the components of improvement contribute to the country’s long-term productive enhancement. According to ELSTAT’s preliminary estimate, domestic and foreign investments increased by almost 9% last year and exceeded 37 billion euros, confirming that after the pandemic, our country is steadily filling the large investment gap created during the decade-long crisis, which resulted in the country’s very slow recovery.
Exports of goods and services increased by 1.7%, defying the uncertain environment, while imports decreased by 1.3%, resulting in substantial improvement in the trade balance. ELSTAT indicators also show that last year Greek households increased their real expenditure by 2%, meaning they spent more money on purchases after accounting for inflation’s impact on prices, which clearly indicates that disposable income continues to move upward.
This conclusion is reinforced by the fact that in 2025, employee compensation strengthened more than corporate profitability, meaning growth was distributed primarily to workers and secondarily to capital owners. Specifically, dependent labor compensation at current prices is estimated to have increased by 6.6% compared to 2024, while gross operating surplus rose by 2.6%
