Chestnuts, in shell — Yield in Greece
Greece: Chestnuts, in shell — Yield was 3,361 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chestnuts, in shell — Yield in Greece, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 3,361 kg/ha for chestnuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chestnuts, in shell — yield in Greece peaked at 3,847 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,085 kg/ha, in 1988.
Greece ranks 7th of 28 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Chestnuts, in shell — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,262 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,306 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 1,196 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 1,085 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 1,532 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1990 | 1,237 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1991 | 1,729 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1992 | 1,543 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 1,368 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 1,459 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 1,540 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 1,581 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 1,709 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 1,603 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 1,880 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2000 | 1,833 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,771 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 1,724 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1,913 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 2,098 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 2,135 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,932 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 1,681 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 1,703 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 1,775 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 1,953 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 2,089 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 2,026 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,079 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 3,487 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 2015 | 3,640 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 3,798 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 3,505 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 3,712 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 3,446 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 3,328 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 3,431 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 3,847 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 3,831 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,361 kg/ha | -12.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 3,361 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,632 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Greece's 3,361 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,425 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chestnuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +67.7% | 2,079 kg/ha | 3,487 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,276 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 1,532 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,565 kg/ha | 1,237 kg/ha | 1,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | 2,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,974 kg/ha | 1,953 kg/ha | 3,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,560 kg/ha | 3,328 kg/ha | 3,847 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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 chestnuts, in shell — yield in Greece?
- Chestnuts, in shell — yield in Greece was 3,361 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chestnuts, in shell — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 3,847 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest chestnuts, in shell — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,085 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Greece rank for chestnuts, in shell — yield?
- Greece ranks 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chestnuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Chestnuts, in shell — 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.