FDI in Greece at record levels

Foreign direct investment in Greece registered a historic high in 2022, according to data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Its annual report on FDI, World Investment Report 2022, showed its value in Greece at $7.604 billion last year, against $6.328 billion in 2021, up by 20.2%. 

Notably, in 2021, a year in which a 31-year record was set, the value of FDI based on UNCTAD's revised data was much higher than the initial estimate of the international organization for $5.732 billion.

Almost 75% of the FDI carried out in Greece in 2022 concerned mergers and acquisitions of Greek companies by foreign investors.

That FDI rise last year is particularly important, given that after the pandemic there was the energy-inflationary crisis that mainly affected Europe. In Europe, after all, FDI as a whole fell in 2022 by 8.2%...