Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 15,436 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Greece, 1990–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 15,436 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2017.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Greece peaked at 20,649 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,517 ha, in 1994.
Greece ranks 16th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,836 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3,612 ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 4,781 ha | +32.4% |
| 1993 | 3,548 ha | -25.8% |
| 1994 | 3,517 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 3,763 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 5,422 ha | +44.1% |
| 1997 | 6,499 ha | +19.9% |
| 1998 | 7,080 ha | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 6,606 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 8,160 ha | +23.5% |
| 2001 | 7,161 ha | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 7,159 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 7,568 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 8,135 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 7,951 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 8,915 ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 9,355 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 11,875 ha | +26.9% |
| 2009 | 12,928 ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 13,343 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 12,428 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 12,427 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 13,365 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 9,675 ha | -27.6% |
| 2015 | 20,649 ha | +113.4% |
| 2016 | 15,812 ha | -23.4% |
| 2017 | 15,436 ha | -2.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 15,436 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 15.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Greece's 15,436 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,800 ha, 8.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +113.4% | 9,675 ha | 20,649 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,866 ha | 3,517 ha | 7,080 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,921 ha | 7,159 ha | 12,928 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,142 ha | 9,675 ha | 20,649 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Greece?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Greece was 15,436 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 20,649 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,517 ha in 1994.
- How does Greece rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2017.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.0%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.