Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Greece
Greece: Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 11,229 g/An in 2017. ▲ Rising
Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggs primary — yield/carcass weight in Greece is 11,229 g/An, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — yield/carcass weight in Greece peaked at 13,321 g/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5,075 g/An, in 1961.
That places Greece 80th out of 190 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Greece, year by year
| Year | g/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,075 g/An | — |
| 1962 | 5,116 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 5,751 g/An | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 5,865 g/An | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,533 g/An | +11.4% |
| 1966 | 6,714 g/An | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 6,581 g/An | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 6,616 g/An | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 6,347 g/An | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 6,436 g/An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 6,949 g/An | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 6,786 g/An | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 6,709 g/An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 6,773 g/An | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 6,825 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 7,322 g/An | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 7,115 g/An | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 7,565 g/An | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 7,983 g/An | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 7,189 g/An | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 7,133 g/An | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 7,274 g/An | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 7,120 g/An | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 7,191 g/An | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 7,921 g/An | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 7,842 g/An | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 7,050 g/An | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 7,386 g/An | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 7,420 g/An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 7,122 g/An | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 9,952 g/An | +39.7% |
| 1992 | 9,785 g/An | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 7,562 g/An | -22.7% |
| 1994 | 7,608 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 7,518 g/An | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 7,981 g/An | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 7,862 g/An | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 7,737 g/An | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 8,232 g/An | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 7,879 g/An | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 7,241 g/An | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 7,273 g/An | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 7,422 g/An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 7,772 g/An | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 7,965 g/An | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 7,785 g/An | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 7,470 g/An | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 8,196 g/An | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 9,079 g/An | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 8,949 g/An | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 9,300 g/An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 9,000 g/An | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 11,293 g/An | +25.5% |
| 2014 | 11,224 g/An | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 13,321 g/An | +18.7% |
| 2016 | 11,347 g/An | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 11,229 g/An | -1.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 11,229 g/An is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,564 g/An, 77% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Greece's 11,229 g/An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,978 g/An, 87% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +39.7% | 7,122 g/An | 9,952 g/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,066 g/An | 5,075 g/An | 6,714 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,046 g/An | 6,436 g/An | 7,983 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,353 g/An | 7,050 g/An | 7,921 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,136 g/An | 7,122 g/An | 9,952 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,808 g/An | 7,241 g/An | 9,079 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,708 g/An | 8,949 g/An | 13,321 g/An | 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 eggs primary — yield/carcass weight in Greece?
- Eggs primary — yield/carcass weight in Greece was 11,229 g/An in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 13,321 g/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,075 g/An in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for eggs primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Greece ranks 80th out of 190 countries with data for 2017.
- Is eggs primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.3%. 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 Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.