Bananas — Yield in Greece
Greece: Bananas — Yield was 13,625 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 13,625 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 63.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Greece peaked at 49,444 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 664 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Greece 72nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 785.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 808.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 903.3 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 932.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 932 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 945.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 989.1 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 915 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 796.7 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 836.5 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 774 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 787.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 665.5 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1974 | 664 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 754.5 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 927.8 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1977 | 844.9 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 999.4 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1979 | 1,029 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 1,228 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1981 | 1,066 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 1,053 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 1,064 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 1,366 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1985 | 15,520 kg/ha | +1036.4% |
| 1986 | 18,099 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1987 | 16,955 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 19,916 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1989 | 19,766 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 18,735 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 17,430 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 18,717 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 24,319 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1994 | 23,655 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 25,251 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 21,923 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 21,973 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 21,689 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 22,378 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 22,130 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 19,186 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2002 | 22,405 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2003 | 22,312 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 23,367 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 23,413 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 21,563 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 20,603 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 21,464 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 21,280 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 25,165 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2011 | 26,915 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 26,240 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 27,014 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 37,023 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2015 | 37,334 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 32,216 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 33,500 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 49,444 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 2019 | 48,400 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 47,900 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 14,700 kg/ha | -69.3% |
| 2022 | 13,454 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 15,333 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 13,625 kg/ha | -11.1% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 13,625 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Greece's 13,625 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,556 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +1036.4% | 1,366 kg/ha | 15,520 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -69.3% | 47,900 kg/ha | 14,700 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 889.84 kg/ha | 785.6 kg/ha | 989.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 828.29 kg/ha | 664 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,603 kg/ha | 1,053 kg/ha | 19,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,607 kg/ha | 17,430 kg/ha | 25,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,772 kg/ha | 19,186 kg/ha | 23,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,325 kg/ha | 25,165 kg/ha | 49,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,003 kg/ha | 13,454 kg/ha | 47,900 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 bananas — yield in Greece?
- Bananas — yield in Greece was 13,625 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 49,444 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 664 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Greece rank for bananas — yield?
- Greece ranks 72nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.2%. 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 Bananas — Yield. 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.