Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 709,120 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 709,120 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Greece peaked at 1.78 million ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 709,120 ha, in 2024.
Greece ranks 97th of 193 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.72 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.56 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 1.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.53 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.36 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 984,817 ha | 728,140 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 763,092 ha | 709,120 ha | 822,260 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture share gdp 3.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 20.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 2.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1,090 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Greece?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Greece was 709,120 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.78 million ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 709,120 ha in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 97th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.