Productivity profile of Greece

Greek National Productivity Board (NBP)

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Ministry of Development

General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI)

Bank of Greece

Several independent economic research institutions study productivity performance, its determinants, and policy implications. Moreover, they have close links with local universities. These include:

The Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE)

The Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE)

Greek National Productivity Board (NBP): Greek National Productivity Board, Annual Report 2024; Greek National Productivity Board, Annual Report 2023, and annual reports since 2019, Productivity and Competitiveness from the stakeholders’ viewpoint (2023).

Bank of Greece: Governor’s Annual Reports (multiple), Economic Bulletin (2024) and previous issues.

Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE): Greek Economic Outlook (multiple issues).

Pissarides Commission: A Growth Strategy for the Greek Economy (2023).

National Documentation Center (EKT): Key R&D Indicators for expenditure and personnel in 2023 in Greece - Preliminary data (2024) in Greek, Key indicators for innovation in Greek businesses 2020-2022 (2024) in Greek.

OECD: Economic Surveys Greece (multiple), Economic Policy Reforms 2023: Going for Growth - Greece, Impact Evaluation of Training and Wage Subsidies for the Unemployed in Greece (2024), Improving adult learning in Greece through quality assurance and validation of prior learning (2024), Digital Transformation Projects in Greece’s Public Sector (2022). 

European Commission: European Innovation Scoreboard 2024-Country Profile  Greece

Promote a competitive business environment:

• Ensure the effective and timely consultation of stakeholders on new draft legislation and regulations, including by avoiding emergency legislations.
• Formalise and accelerate the review of existing business regulations in cooperation with businesses and union representatives.
• Ease regulatory restrictions in professional services such as lawyers and notaries, including with respect to market entry, pricing of legal services and professional cooperation between lawyers and notaries.
• Systematically evaluate loan-guarantee and subsidised lending programmes for SMEs.

Foster the qualification of the labour force:

• Improve access to childcare by shifting public spending from birth grants towards childcare facilities.
• Rebalance the high share of support for direct job creation towards more training and counselling for unemployed workers.
• Ensure the quality of training providers through regular quality assessments and improved certifications of adult learning courses.
• Establish a national system for the recognition of prior learning and facilitate the recognition of education and skills gained abroad.