Bees — Stocks in Greece
Greece: Bees — Stocks was 2.02 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in Greece is 2.02 million No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.8% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Greece peaked at 2.02 million No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 680,000 No, in 1961.
That places Greece 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Greece, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 680,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 966,000 No | +42.1% |
| 1963 | 901,321 No | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 972,163 No | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 958,000 No | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 951,749 No | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 961,433 No | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 990,977 No | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 970,689 No | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 988,799 No | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 950,865 No | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 982,377 No | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 993,083 No | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.00 million No | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 998,000 No | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 1.03 million No | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1.11 million No | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 1.08 million No | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 1.09 million No | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 1.13 million No | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million No | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 1.17 million No | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 1.20 million No | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 1.20 million No | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.24 million No | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 1.24 million No | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1.24 million No | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.25 million No | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 1.25 million No | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.22 million No | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 1.20 million No | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 1.22 million No | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million No | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.23 million No | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.23 million No | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1.25 million No | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 1.26 million No | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million No | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.29 million No | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.29 million No | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.29 million No | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.29 million No | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.29 million No | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.30 million No | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.31 million No | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.33 million No | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.34 million No | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million No | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 1.39 million No | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.42 million No | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.43 million No | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.46 million No | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.46 million No | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.53 million No | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1.45 million No | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 1.49 million No | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1.56 million No | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 1.60 million No | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.69 million No | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 1.74 million No | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1.83 million No | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.82 million No | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2.02 million No | +10.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 2.02 million No is above the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 7.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Greece's 2.02 million No is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 5.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +42.1% | 680,000 No | 966,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 928,037 No | 680,000 No | 990,977 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.02 million No | 950,865 No | 1.11 million No | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.21 million No | 1.13 million No | 1.25 million No | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.24 million No | 1.20 million No | 1.29 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million No | 1.29 million No | 1.39 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 million No | 1.42 million No | 1.69 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.85 million No | 1.74 million No | 2.02 million No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 11 Poland 2.35 million No compare
- 11 Melanesia 23,282 No compare
- 12 Mexico 2.14 million No compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 20,000 No compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 2.13 million No compare
- 13 Polynesia 14,535 No compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,415 No compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 No compare
- 15 Kenya 1.87 million No compare
- 16 France 1.79 million No compare
- 17 Central African Republic 1.67 million No 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 bees — stocks in Greece?
- Bees — stocks in Greece was 2.02 million No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2.02 million No in 2023.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 680,000 No in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for bees — stocks?
- Greece ranks 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.