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Greece Business Report
General information
Source: The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency
Population
10,761,523 (July 2018 est.)GDP (PPP)
$299.3 billion (2017 est.)GDP growth rate
1.4% (2017 est.)The Country is still recovering from a prolonged recession
GDP (PPP) per capita
$27,800 (2017 est.)Medium. Drastically reduced in the last years due to the economic crisis (more than 20% GDP pro capita was lost from 2008)
Local currency
Euro (EUR)The second most importat currency in the world after the USD
Financial stability (Public debt)
181.8% (2017 est.)Very high, the second highest in the world after Japan. It is stable thanks to strong austerity measures and financial helps from EU, ECB and IMF
Inflation
1.1% (2017 est.)Still low but recovering from deflation
Language
GreekEnglish is spoken as a second language in the main urban or touristic areas
Corruption perception index (Source: Transparency International)
Rank 67/180High level of corruption
Duties and tax
Source: PwC World Tax Summaries 2017-2018
VAT
24% standard VAT rateReduced rates: 13% (listed food, care to children/elderly/disabled, hotels), 6% (listed entertainment services, medicines, books, electricity and gas) VAT reduced on some islands (Chios, Kos, Lesvos, Leros and Samos)
Corporate Tax
28% standard rate (should be reduced to 27% in 2020)29% corporate tax rate for financial institution Special taxation for shipping companies (very advantageous)
Duties
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