Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested was 260,182 ha in 2017. β² Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Greece, 1961β2017
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
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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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.