Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β€” Area harvested in Greece

Greece: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β€” Area harvested was 260,182 ha in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
260,182 ha
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
19th
of 133 countries
All-time high
432,000 ha
in 1999
All-time low
131,700 ha
in 1981
Years of data
57
1961–2017

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β€” Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2017

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Greece recorded 260,182 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested in 2017.

The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested in Greece peaked at 432,000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 131,700 ha, in 1981.

That places Greece 19th out of 133 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 175,156 ha 133,270 ha 278,740 ha 9
1970s 153,090 ha 135,100 ha 182,600 ha 10
1980s 201,090 ha 131,700 ha 275,000 ha 10
1990s 360,900 ha 235,000 ha 432,000 ha 10
2000s 352,821 ha 230,000 ha 412,000 ha 10
2010s 271,255 ha 246,376 ha 300,000 ha 8

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 16 Australia 474,900 ha compare
  2. 17 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 416,215 ha compare
  3. 18 Ethiopia PDR 265,959 ha compare
  4. 20 Sudan 244,700 ha compare
  5. 21 Cameroon 229,280 ha compare
  6. 22 Myanmar 208,391 ha compare

See the full ranking of 176 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested in Greece?
Fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested in Greece was 260,182 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 432,000 ha in 1999.
What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 131,700 ha in 1981.
How does Greece rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested?
Greece ranks 19th out of 133 countries with data for 2017.
Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β€” area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β€” Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β€” Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
176 places, 9,571 data points, 1961–2024
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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.