Business Climate in Greece
Introduction
Greece is located at the southeast end of Europe. It’s a country with a population of 10,775,557 citizens living on an area of 131,957 square kilometers. The country’s capital is the city of Athens in which around 3,074,160 inhabitants reside.
Greece is divided into 325 municipalities and has 144 cites.
The national currency is the Euro.
Some basic economic stats include:
- Inflation rate in 2018: 0,62%
- Direct investments in 2018: 3,364 Milion EUR
- The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 2.0%

Index of Economic Freedom Rank: 100
The distinguished Index of Economic Freedom, an annual guide published by The Heritage Foundation, gives Greece economic freedom score of 59,9 This gives the country an overall worldwide rank of 36 and puts Greece 44th among 45 countries in the European region. The overall score is approximately equal to the regional average and well above the world average.

World Bank, Doing Business Rank: 79
The World Bank, Doing Business Report ranks Greece in 79th place for doing business on the world ranking. The country is given a score of 68,4 and a ranking of 11 for starting a business in 2020.

Basel Institute, AML Index Rank: 91
The Basel Institute of Governance ranks Greece on 91 rankings position. Please note that the highest-ranking position shows that the country is having a higher risk of money laundering and terrorist financing.
Do you think Greece is a good place for your business?
If yes, we will help you establish your business in Greece . All you need to do is to follow these steps:
Step 1: You send us an email
on contact@thybusinessguide.com
Hi….
I want to open a company in Greece.
Refer me to someone that will get the job done, fast and professionally.
Step 2: We get back to you with a referral
We will contact you immediately with a couple of options and what price to expect. This way you won’t get overcharged. Also, we will provide you with a special code for which you will get a discount. This code will also let our referral know that if he/she is not acting as they presented us, they will lose a major leading source.
Step 3: You contact the referral
When asking details about the fees, timeline and other aspects for the professional engagement, it is very important to present our referral with the code we give you. We also strongly suggest cc’ing’ our email as we can follow if our referral is professional as he/she promised to be.
Step 4: You let us know how it went
This is the only thing we ask. By giving us a review of how our referral worked for you, we will be able to know if we should give them more business, or take them from our list. They know that if they get bad reviews from our clients, they won’t get new clients from us. This is how we make sure that they do what they told us they will.