Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 42,320 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 42,320 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Greece peaked at 60,355 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 29,850 ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 29th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,950 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 32,550 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 34,750 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 35,950 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 37,550 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 38,850 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 41,050 ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 41,650 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 42,350 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 43,550 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 45,150 ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 45,750 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 46,450 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 47,650 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 48,450 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 48,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 48,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 48,650 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 48,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 48,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 49,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 49,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 51,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 54,435 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 55,255 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 55,810 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 57,893 ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 59,351 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 59,735 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 60,355 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 60,295 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 58,133 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 58,127 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 57,980 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 58,206 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 58,557 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 58,310 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 58,766 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 59,105 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 59,173 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 58,217 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 57,682 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 57,912 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 57,771 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 58,444 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 57,577 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 57,560 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 56,287 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 54,558 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 55,030 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 55,295 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 54,298 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 44,487 ha | -18.1% |
| 2015 | 42,737 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 41,775 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 41,966 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 46,260 ha | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 44,230 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 45,610 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 41,170 ha | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 42,990 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 42,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 42,320 ha | +0.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 42,320 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 285.5 ha, 148.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,906 ha | 29,850 ha | 41,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,510 ha | 42,350 ha | 48,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,064 ha | 48,700 ha | 59,351 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,846 ha | 57,980 ha | 60,355 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,973 ha | 56,287 ha | 59,173 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,064 ha | 41,775 ha | 55,295 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,858 ha | 41,170 ha | 45,610 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Greece?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Greece was 42,320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 60,355 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,850 ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 29th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.