Apples — Yield in Greece
Greece: Apples — Yield was 28,924 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 28,924 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Greece peaked at 28,924 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,078 kg/ha, in 1963.
Greece ranks 20th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,950 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,279 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 6,078 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1964 | 8,084 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1965 | 6,345 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1966 | 8,423 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1967 | 9,231 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 9,391 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 10,305 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 11,185 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 11,081 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 8,795 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1973 | 13,506 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1974 | 9,380 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1975 | 13,501 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1976 | 13,267 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 11,784 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1978 | 10,469 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1979 | 15,717 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1980 | 15,331 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 17,930 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 14,008 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1983 | 16,211 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1984 | 16,070 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 13,412 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1986 | 14,490 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 16,298 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 16,581 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 17,751 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 20,279 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 14,177 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1992 | 23,427 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1993 | 20,886 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 22,479 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 21,787 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 24,290 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 20,535 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 25,464 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1999 | 18,932 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2000 | 22,301 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2001 | 17,895 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2002 | 20,563 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 13,578 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2004 | 20,529 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2005 | 18,722 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 21,722 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 19,036 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 19,343 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 19,776 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 20,365 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 20,562 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 19,971 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 19,202 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 25,710 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2015 | 27,171 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 28,882 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 27,233 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 27,614 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 28,219 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 21,111 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2021 | 27,905 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2022 | 27,162 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 24,893 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 28,924 kg/ha | +16.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 28,924 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Greece's 28,924 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,010 kg/ha | 6,078 kg/ha | 10,305 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,869 kg/ha | 8,795 kg/ha | 15,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,808 kg/ha | 13,412 kg/ha | 17,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,226 kg/ha | 14,177 kg/ha | 25,464 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,347 kg/ha | 13,578 kg/ha | 22,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,493 kg/ha | 19,202 kg/ha | 28,882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,999 kg/ha | 21,111 kg/ha | 28,924 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Greece?
- Apples — yield in Greece was 28,924 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 28,924 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,078 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Greece rank for apples — yield?
- Greece ranks 20th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. 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.