Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Greece
Greece: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,088 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Greece stood at 1,088 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Greece peaked at 1,260 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 340 kg/ha, in 1962.
Greece ranks 42nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 466.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 340 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1963 | 457.5 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1964 | 561.5 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1965 | 588.8 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 684.2 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1967 | 731.7 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 564.8 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1969 | 749 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1970 | 803.2 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 906 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 793.9 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1973 | 818.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 840.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 924.8 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 768.6 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1977 | 733.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 893.3 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1979 | 841.8 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 877.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 1,023 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1982 | 779 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1983 | 816.3 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 731.3 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 738.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 965 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1987 | 925.9 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 954.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 1,034 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 905.4 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 884.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 890.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,010 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 1,164 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 1,106 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,071 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 1,154 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 1,160 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,074 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,126 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,186 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 1,196 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,023 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 1,162 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 1,191 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 974 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2007 | 1,003 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,257 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2009 | 1,260 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 994.7 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2011 | 950.3 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 955.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,124 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2014 | 1,024 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 1,062 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 1,050 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,088 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,088 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,088 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,049 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 571.51 kg/ha | 340 kg/ha | 749 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 832.35 kg/ha | 733.2 kg/ha | 924.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 884.57 kg/ha | 731.3 kg/ha | 1,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,042 kg/ha | 884.7 kg/ha | 1,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,138 kg/ha | 974 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,031 kg/ha | 950.3 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Greece?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Greece was 1,088 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1,260 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 340 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Greece rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Greece ranks 42nd out of 131 countries with data for 2017.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.