Greece has registered the greatest rise in investment volume in the entire European Union during the last five years, National Economy & Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday, ANA reports.
Speaking at the Athens Investment Forum, Hatzidakis said that investments during 2019-2023 increased in stable prices by 53.4%. “Progress in attracting investments is also reflected in the very high rise in exports, from 23% of GDP in 2008, we reached 43% of GDP in 2023,” the minister underlined.
Thanks to the government’s measures, which he outlined, “Greece has managed to have a much stronger growth rate than the average European growth rate, a speedy reduction of public debt, a very high reduction of unemployment with half a million new jobs,” he said.
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