Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Greece
Greece: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 263,596 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Greece is 263,596 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Greece peaked at 385,020 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 111,864 t, in 1961.
Greece ranks 24th of 117 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,756 t | 111,864 t | 150,598 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 179,680 t | 156,173 t | 193,958 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 202,478 t | 191,802 t | 225,695 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 220,667 t | 211,946 t | 228,635 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 222,597 t | 207,400 t | 230,659 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 278,488 t | 197,696 t | 385,020 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 251,824 t | 240,477 t | 263,596 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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 cheese (all kinds) — production in Greece?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Greece was 263,596 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 385,020 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 111,864 t in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Greece ranks 24th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.0%. 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 Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. 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.