Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 11,026 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chick peas, dry — area harvested in Greece is 11,026 ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.7% on the previous year and up 284.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Greece peaked at 26,454 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1,387 ha, in 2000.
Greece ranks 19th of 54 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,825 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,643 ha | -19.2% |
| 1963 | 18,640 ha | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 19,030 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 23,690 ha | +24.5% |
| 1966 | 20,780 ha | -12.3% |
| 1967 | 16,200 ha | -22.0% |
| 1968 | 12,800 ha | -21.0% |
| 1969 | 13,640 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 15,100 ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 16,900 ha | +11.9% |
| 1972 | 26,300 ha | +55.6% |
| 1973 | 26,454 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 20,600 ha | -22.1% |
| 1975 | 14,200 ha | -31.1% |
| 1976 | 11,200 ha | -21.1% |
| 1977 | 9,600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 9,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 16,300 ha | +66.3% |
| 1980 | 16,315 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 11,400 ha | -30.1% |
| 1982 | 9,800 ha | -14.0% |
| 1983 | 8,100 ha | -17.3% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | -38.3% |
| 1985 | 4,710 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 5,855 ha | +17.1% |
| 1988 | 4,809 ha | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 3,277 ha | -31.9% |
| 1990 | 2,152 ha | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 2,623 ha | +21.9% |
| 1992 | 2,163 ha | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 1,969 ha | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 1,761 ha | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 1,857 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 1,751 ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 1,773 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,597 ha | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 1,411 ha | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 1,387 ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 1,501 ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 1,656 ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 1,568 ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 2,046 ha | +30.5% |
| 2005 | 2,274 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 2,390 ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 2,871 ha | +20.1% |
| 2008 | 2,777 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 2,748 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 2,953 ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 3,091 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 3,318 ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 3,562 ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 5,215 ha | +46.4% |
| 2015 | 7,814 ha | +49.8% |
| 2016 | 9,215 ha | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 11,026 ha | +19.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 11,026 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,833 ha, 6.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Greece's 11,026 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,760 ha, 6.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,250 ha | 12,800 ha | 23,690 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,645 ha | 9,600 ha | 26,454 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,427 ha | 3,277 ha | 16,315 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,906 ha | 1,411 ha | 2,623 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,122 ha | 1,387 ha | 2,871 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,774 ha | 2,953 ha | 11,026 ha | 8 |
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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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Greece?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Greece was 11,026 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 26,454 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,387 ha in 2000.
- How does Greece rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 19th out of 54 countries with data for 2017.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 284.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chick peas, dry — 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.