Apples — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Apples — Area harvested was 9,100 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 9,100 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Greece peaked at 29,000 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 9,100 ha, in 2024.
Greece ranks 50th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 28,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 28,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 29,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 26,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 22,200 ha | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 21,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 20,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 21,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 20,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 20,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 19,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 19,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 18,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 18,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 18,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 19,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 18,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 19,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 19,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 18,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 18,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 17,550 ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 17,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 17,070 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 16,430 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 15,397 ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 15,101 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 14,954 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 14,950 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 14,932 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 14,740 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 14,743 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 14,103 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 13,840 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 13,669 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 15,294 ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 13,381 ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 13,354 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 13,291 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 13,207 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 13,433 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 13,568 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 13,445 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 13,331 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 13,310 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 13,212 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 9,811 ha | -25.7% |
| 2015 | 9,827 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 9,683 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 9,294 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 10,350 ha | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 9,820 ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 14,380 ha | +46.4% |
| 2021 | 10,280 ha | -28.5% |
| 2022 | 10,650 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 9,750 ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 9,100 ha | -6.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 9,100 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 2.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Greece's 9,100 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +46.4% | 9,820 ha | 14,380 ha |
| 2021 | -28.5% | 14,380 ha | 10,280 ha |
| 2014 | -25.7% | 13,212 ha | 9,811 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,967 ha | 22,200 ha | 29,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,930 ha | 18,700 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,705 ha | 17,550 ha | 19,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,552 ha | 14,740 ha | 17,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,714 ha | 13,207 ha | 15,294 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,208 ha | 9,294 ha | 13,445 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,832 ha | 9,100 ha | 14,380 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 47 Belgium-Luxembourg 10,859 ha compare
- 48 Armenia 10,058 ha compare
- 49 New Zealand 9,522 ha compare
- 51 Lithuania 8,370 ha compare
- 52 Peru 6,864 ha compare
- 53 El Salvador 6,698 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Greece?
- Apples — area harvested in Greece was 9,100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 29,000 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,100 ha in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for apples — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 50th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.