Summary
- Greece → Saudi Arabia
- $588million
- Saudi Arabia → Greece
- $1.6billion
- Greece’s balance
- -$1.1billion
Balance
Greece’s trade balance with Saudi Arabia
Trade between Greece and Saudi Arabia grew 5.9-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Greece’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 1.6
- Balance -1.1
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $109 million | $272 million | -$163 million |
| 1996 | $124 million | $393 million | -$268 million |
| 1997 | $82 million | $495 million | -$413 million |
| 1998 | $94 million | $468 million | -$375 million |
| 1999 | $79 million | $290 million | -$212 million |
| 2000 | $77 million | $941 million | -$864 million |
| 2001 | $85 million | $1.1 billion | -$972 million |
| 2002 | $96 million | $889 million | -$793 million |
| 2003 | $86 million | $1.2 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2004 | $99 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2005 | $119 million | $2.3 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2006 | $116 million | $2.5 billion | -$2.3 billion |
| 2007 | $120 million | $1.3 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2008 | $219 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2009 | $102 million | $1 billion | -$916 million |
| 2010 | $171 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2011 | $329 million | $2.4 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2012 | $543 million | $3.4 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2013 | $626 million | $1.6 billion | -$938 million |
| 2014 | $964 million | $1.7 billion | -$777 million |
| 2015 | $557 million | $1.1 billion | -$505 million |
| 2016 | $479 million | $934 million | -$454 million |
| 2017 | $850 million | $1.1 billion | -$240 million |
| 2018 | $831 million | $1.2 billion | -$364 million |
| 2019 | $898 million | $993 million | -$96 million |
| 2020 | $413 million | $619 million | -$206 million |
| 2021 | $634 million | $840 million | -$206 million |
| 2022 | $1.5 billion | $2.1 billion | -$601 million |
| 2023 | $1.7 billion | $1.1 billion | $538 million |
| 2024 | $588 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.1 billion |
What they sell each other
What Greece sells to Saudi Arabia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Saudi Arabia sells to Greece
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Piraeus and Jeddah is 1,341 nautical miles (2,484 km) long: ≈ 3–4 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Suez Canal.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Saudi Arabia was Greece’s 20th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Greece was Saudi Arabia’s 36th (0.4%).
- Saudi Arabia in Greece’s trade
- 1.6%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Greece’s partners
- 20th
- Greece in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 0.4%
- Greece’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 36th
Compare with
Other partners of Greece
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.