Cotton seed — Production in Greece
Greece: Cotton seed — Production was 360,000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton seed — Production in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cotton seed — production in Greece stood at 360,000 t.
That represents a change of down 28.0% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Greece peaked at 743,000 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 147,300 t, in 1964.
Greece ranks 13th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton seed — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 189,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 177,100 t | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 199,775 t | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 147,300 t | -26.3% |
| 1965 | 149,300 t | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 170,300 t | +14.1% |
| 1967 | 186,900 t | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 149,100 t | -20.2% |
| 1969 | 221,300 t | +48.4% |
| 1970 | 214,900 t | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 235,900 t | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 258,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 236,400 t | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 242,300 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 239,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 215,400 t | -9.9% |
| 1977 | 250,200 t | +16.2% |
| 1978 | 266,500 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 209,600 t | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 233,100 t | +11.2% |
| 1981 | 252,100 t | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 200,000 t | -20.7% |
| 1983 | 264,600 t | +32.3% |
| 1984 | 280,200 t | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 310,000 t | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 388,000 t | +25.2% |
| 1987 | 370,000 t | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 440,000 t | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 483,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 365,000 t | -24.4% |
| 1991 | 360,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 410,000 t | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 454,000 t | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 574,000 t | +26.4% |
| 1995 | 725,000 t | +26.3% |
| 1996 | 540,000 t | -25.5% |
| 1997 | 590,000 t | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 665,000 t | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 730,000 t | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 720,000 t | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 743,000 t | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 718,000 t | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 611,000 t | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 645,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 677,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 520,000 t | -23.2% |
| 2007 | 500,000 t | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 502,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 449,000 t | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 390,000 t | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 490,000 t | +25.6% |
| 2012 | 425,000 t | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 507,000 t | +19.3% |
| 2014 | 470,000 t | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 408,800 t | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 365,000 t | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 380,000 t | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 480,000 t | +26.3% |
| 2019 | 600,000 t | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 500,000 t | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 520,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 500,000 t | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 360,000 t | -28.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176,675 t | 147,300 t | 221,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 236,820 t | 209,600 t | 266,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 322,100 t | 200,000 t | 483,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 541,300 t | 360,000 t | 730,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 608,500 t | 449,000 t | 743,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 451,580 t | 365,000 t | 600,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 470,000 t | 360,000 t | 520,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,800 t compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 448,000 t compare
- 11 Argentina 430,000 t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,032 t compare
- 12 Turkmenistan 364,000 t compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 690 t compare
- 14 Benin 340,000 t compare
- 14 Viet Nam 14.05 t compare
- 15 Mexico 330,000 t compare
- 16 Mali 314,583 t compare
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 cotton seed — production in Greece?
- Cotton seed — production in Greece was 360,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 743,000 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 147,300 t in 1964.
- How does Greece rank for cotton seed — production?
- Greece ranks 13th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. 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 Cotton seed — 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.