Green corn (maize) — Yield in Greece
Greece: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 39,681 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Greece, 1990–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, green corn (maize) — yield in Greece stood at 39,681 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Greece peaked at 42,089 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 23,449 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Greece 1st out of 53 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25,133 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 26,109 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 23,611 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 23,449 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 25,073 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 28,604 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 33,023 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 36,073 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 35,267 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 30,510 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 35,805 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2001 | 35,308 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 33,842 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 32,187 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 33,114 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 36,318 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 35,060 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 35,391 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 34,000 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 36,746 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 36,933 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 34,774 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 34,856 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 36,200 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 37,687 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 40,812 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 42,089 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 39,681 kg/ha | -5.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 39,681 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,198 kg/ha, 4.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Greece's 39,681 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,730 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,685 kg/ha | 23,449 kg/ha | 36,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,777 kg/ha | 32,187 kg/ha | 36,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,879 kg/ha | 34,774 kg/ha | 42,089 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 1 Melanesia 10,013 kg/ha compare
- 2 Croatia 26,679 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kazakhstan 25,572 kg/ha compare
- 4 Panama 25,116 kg/ha
- 4 Republic of Moldova 7,262 kg/ha compare
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) — yield in Greece?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Greece was 39,681 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 42,089 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,449 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Greece rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Greece ranks 1st out of 53 countries with data for 2017.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. 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) — 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.