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Greece: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Greece is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
56
27 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
15 GW
90 plants
Clean share of electricity
48%
Ember, 2025

Mines and deposits

Bauxite and aluminium16
Nickel10
Lead9
Chromium8
Zinc8
Silver7
Gold7
Cobalt6
Copper6
Phosphate4
Iron ore3
Coal2
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Bauxine Elefsinos MineBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite - GreeceBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite Distomon MineBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite Elikon MineBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite Parnassos MineBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Euboea Larymna Nickel Mine-GreeceNickelOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Hagios Joannia - Larymna Nickel Deposit, GreeceNickelOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Kassandra MinesLead, Silver, ZincOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Kassandra Pb - Zn - Ag MinesLead, Zinc, SilverOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Scoumtsa MinesChromiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite - GreeceIron ore, Nickel, Bauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Elaion MineBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Gas5.2 GW
Coal5.0 GW
Hydro3.5 GW
Oil501 MW
Solar218 MW
Wind215 MW
Waste24 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
Agios Dimitrios power stationCoal1,595 MWPPC
Kardia power stationCoal1,250 MWPPC
Megalopolis VGas811 MWPublic Power Company of Greece
LavrioGas723 MWPublic Power Company of Greece
PtolemaisCoal620 MWNot stated
Amyntaio power stationCoal600 MWPPC
Megalopoli power stationCoal600 MWPPC
KotominiGas485 MWPublic Power Company of Greece

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.1%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
26.5%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
9.5%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.