Cereals, primary — Yield in Greece
Greece: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,053 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Greece stood at 4,053 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Greece peaked at 4,516 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,266 kg/ha, in 1961.
Greece ranks 66th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,266 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,380 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 1,291 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 1,628 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1965 | 1,653 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1,824 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 1,950 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 1,522 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1969 | 1,717 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 2,113 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1971 | 2,142 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 2,190 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 2,202 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 2,440 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 2,424 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 2,608 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 2,062 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1978 | 2,798 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1979 | 2,636 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 3,322 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1981 | 3,312 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 3,455 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 2,930 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1984 | 3,596 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1985 | 3,016 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1986 | 3,603 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1987 | 3,714 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 3,863 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 4,022 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 3,036 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1991 | 4,124 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1992 | 3,607 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 3,553 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 3,887 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 3,751 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 3,710 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 3,799 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 3,581 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 3,649 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 3,869 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 3,848 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 3,747 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 3,694 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 4,017 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 4,050 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 3,919 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 3,930 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 4,516 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 4,266 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 4,065 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 4,344 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 4,207 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 4,393 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 4,286 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 4,215 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 4,224 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,317 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 3,800 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 4,044 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 4,197 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 4,195 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 4,143 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 4,140 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,053 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 4,053 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Greece's 4,053 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,581 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 1,950 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,362 kg/ha | 2,062 kg/ha | 2,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,483 kg/ha | 2,930 kg/ha | 4,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,670 kg/ha | 3,036 kg/ha | 4,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,986 kg/ha | 3,694 kg/ha | 4,516 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,189 kg/ha | 3,800 kg/ha | 4,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,145 kg/ha | 4,053 kg/ha | 4,197 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Greece?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Greece was 4,053 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4,516 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,266 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Greece ranks 66th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.