Foreign Direct Investments

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According to the latest available data from the Bank of Greece, (net) inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Greece for the year 2025 reached 11.4 billion euros (11,380 million euros), compared to 7.0 billion (7,015 million euros) for the year 2024, an increase of 62.2%.

Net FDI inflows into Greece during the period 2015-2025 (in million euros)

Source: Bank of Greece. 2025 provisional data

Countries of origin of investment funds

Investment activity in the country during the last decade has mainly originated from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Cyprus and Luxembourg. China (including Hong Kong), which has significantly strengthened its position in recent years, USA and UAE follow, while the top 10 list of investing countries is filled out by Italy.

 

Net FDI inflows by country of origin of funds during the period 2015-2025 (cumulative in million euros, top 10 Countries)

Source: Bank of Greece, data processed by Enterprise Greece. 2025 provisional data

Main characteristics:

  • Foreign investment activity in Greece originates mainly from companies in major markets, such as the EU. Among the top 10 countries with the highest value of net FDI inflows, 5 are EU countries.
  • For the period 2015-2025 Greece attracted net FDI inflows of 41.5 billion euros from the top 10 countries compared to 53.9 billion euros from all countries (a percentage of 77.0%).
  • The top 10 countries investing in Greece during the 2015-2025 period also include non-EU countries, such as the UK, Switzerland, China (including Hong Kong), USA and UAE, all of whom have significantly increased their investment presence in recent years.

 

Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment by sector

Net FDI inflows in Greece are concentrated mainly in the tertiary sector in recent years, followed by the secondary sector by a significant margin. The majority of developed countries have a similar FDI structure.

Net FDI inflows by sector of economic activity during the period 2015-2025 (%)

Source: Bank of Greece, data processed by Enterprise Greece. 2025 provisional data

In particular:

Α. Manufacturing

Structure of net FDI inflows in manufacturing during the period 2015-2025 (%)

Source: Bank of Greece, data processed by Enterprise Greece. 2025 provisional data

Main characteristics:

  • The manufacturing sectors with the most significant investment interest during the period 2015-2025 were “food, beverages, tobacco” (by far), “coke and refined petroleum products” and “pharmaceuticals”. Other industries that attract FDI inflows in manufacturing, to a lesser extent, are “metals and metal products”, “electronic and optical products and computers”, “manufacturing of wood and paper, printing and reproduction”, “chemicals” and “machinery and equipment”.
  • The concentration of business activity in the above sectors favors both the establishment of new companies (Greenfield investments) in Greece, as well as the investment cooperation of foreign with Greek companies for the manufacturing of products that meet the needs of the internal and also the international market.

Β. Services

The services sectors with significant investment interest during the period 2015-2025, representing 73% of the total, include “real estate activities” (especially in recent years) “financial and insurance activities” and “transportation and storage activities”.

It is worth noting that the “real estate activities” category does not include in the figure below (according to the Bank of Greece’s categorization) the private purchases and sales of properties, which cumulatively reached 6.6 billion euros in the period 2015-2025.

Structure of net FDI inflows in services during the period 2015-2025 (%)

Source: Bank of Greece, data processed by Enterprise Greece. 2025 provisional data