Asparagus — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Asparagus — Area harvested was 1,240 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in Greece is 1,240 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Greece peaked at 8,037 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Greece ranks 18th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 100 ha | — |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +400.0% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | -30.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +83.3% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1987 | 2,264 ha | +33.2% |
| 1988 | 2,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 3,830 ha | +27.7% |
| 1991 | 4,900 ha | +27.9% |
| 1992 | 6,600 ha | +34.7% |
| 1993 | 7,305 ha | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 7,066 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 7,163 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 7,371 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 7,731 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 8,037 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 7,903 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 7,303 ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 6,248 ha | -14.4% |
| 2002 | 5,829 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 5,339 ha | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 5,273 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 4,675 ha | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 4,616 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 4,676 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 4,231 ha | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 4,079 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 4,015 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 3,819 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 3,290 ha | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 2,866 ha | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 1,595 ha | -44.3% |
| 2015 | 1,788 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 1,714 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 1,967 ha | +14.8% |
| 2018 | 1,900 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,760 ha | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 1,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,680 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,510 ha | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 1,400 ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 1,240 ha | -11.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,240 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 267 ha, 4.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,240 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 210 ha, 5.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +400.0% | 100 ha | 500 ha |
| 1981 | +150.0% | 400 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1984 | +83.3% | 600 ha | 1,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.11 ha | 0 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 450 ha | 400 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,466 ha | 400 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,791 ha | 3,830 ha | 8,037 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,227 ha | 4,079 ha | 7,303 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,471 ha | 1,595 ha | 4,015 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,518 ha | 1,240 ha | 1,760 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 asparagus — area harvested in Greece?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Greece was 1,240 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 8,037 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 18th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.