Negocios Internacionales

The economy of Greece is the 34th or 42nd largest in the world at $299[1] or $304[2] billion by nominal gross domestic product or purchasing power parityrespectively, according to World Bankstatistics for the year 2011. Additionally, Greece is the 15th largest economy in the 27-member European Union.[23] In terms of per capita income, Greece is ranked 29th or 33rd in the world at $27,875 and$27,624 for nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively.
A developed country, the economy of Greece mainly revolves around the service sector (85.0%) and industry (12.0%), while agriculturemakes up 3.0% of the national economic output.[7] Important Greek industries include tourism (with 14.9 million[24] international tourists in 2009, it is ranked as the 7th most visited country in theEuropean Union[24] and 16th in the world[24] by the United Nations World Tourism Organization) and merchant shipping (at 16.2%[25] of the world's total capacity, the Greek merchant marine is the largestin the world[25]), while the country is also a considerable agricultural producer (including fisheries) within the union. As the largest economy in the Balkans, Greece is also an important regionalinvestor.
The Greek economy is classified as an advanced[26] and high-income one,[27] and Greece was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and theOrganization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In 1979 the accession of the country in the European Communities and the single market was signed, and the process was completed in 1982. InJanuary 2001 Greece adopted the Euro as its currency, replacing theGreek drachma at an exchange rate of 340.75 drachma to the Euro.[28] Greece is also a member of the International Monetary Fund and theWorld Trade Organization, and is ranked 31st on the KOF Globalization Index for 2010 and 34th on the Ernst & Young’s Globalization Index 2011.[29]
The country's economy was devastated by the Second...