Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 870 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Greece stood at 870 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Greece peaked at 4,287 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 870 ha, in 2024.
Greece ranks 44th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,287 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,066 ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 3,998 ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 3,920 ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 3,850 ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 3,880 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 3,810 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 3,650 ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 3,530 ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 3,400 ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,387 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 3,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 3,300 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 3,300 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 3,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 3,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 3,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 3,035 ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 3,195 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 3,027 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 2,800 ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 3,187 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 3,290 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 3,346 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 3,336 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 3,418 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 3,506 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 3,431 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 3,402 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 3,361 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 3,190 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 3,305 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 3,309 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 3,186 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 3,188 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 3,121 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 3,077 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 3,123 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 3,167 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 3,189 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 3,173 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 3,267 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2,080 ha | -36.3% |
| 2015 | 2,071 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,846 ha | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 1,713 ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 1,670 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,350 ha | -19.2% |
| 2020 | 1,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 1,390 ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 970 ha | -30.2% |
| 2023 | 930 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 870 ha | -6.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 870 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99 ha, 8.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Greece's 870 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 403 ha, 2.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested 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 | -36.3% | 3,267 ha | 2,080 ha |
| 2022 | -30.2% | 1,390 ha | 970 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,888 ha | 3,530 ha | 4,287 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,319 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,193 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,224 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,226 ha | 3,077 ha | 3,402 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,353 ha | 1,350 ha | 3,267 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,132 ha | 870 ha | 1,500 ha | 5 |
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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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Greece?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Greece was 870 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4,287 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 870 ha in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 44th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested. 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.