The economy of Greece is the 45th largest in the world with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $238 billion per annum.
Important Greek industries include tourism and shipping. With 18 million international tourists in 2013, Greece was the 7th most visited country in the European Union and 16th in the world.
The Greek Merchant Navy is the largest in the world
Greece was the 2nd largest foreign investor of capital in Albania, the 3rd in Bulgaria, in the top-three in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.