The Greek economy grew by 8.3% in 2021 with the country's Gross Domestic Product rising to 181 billion euros from 167.1 billion in 2020, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday. More specifically, the Greek GDP grew by 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020 and grew by 0.4% in comparison with the third quarter of the year.

The Greek economy will grow at roughly 2 percent over the next decade due of specific reasons, the Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras said Wednesday.

"If there is additional fiscal space, this will be distributed to the society. Borrowing costs from capital markets have risen for all European countries and this means that we have to be very careful in our fiscal policy," Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Wednesday.