Lemons and limes — Yield in Greece
Greece: Lemons and limes — Yield was 34,389 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — yield in Greece is 34,389 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 61.6% on the previous year and up 181.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Greece peaked at 34,389 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,464 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Greece 5th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,932 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,360 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 12,821 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 12,249 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 13,772 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 13,565 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 10,066 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1968 | 7,432 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1969 | 9,693 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 11,322 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1971 | 10,554 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 11,970 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 12,964 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 14,491 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 16,022 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 13,930 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1977 | 15,073 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 12,100 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1979 | 10,278 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1980 | 14,064 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1981 | 16,430 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1982 | 13,966 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1983 | 14,907 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 14,113 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 13,761 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 13,096 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 7,431 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1988 | 12,202 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1989 | 14,743 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 12,493 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1991 | 9,943 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1992 | 9,873 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 14,169 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 1994 | 14,650 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 13,995 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 15,045 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 15,159 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 15,452 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 15,893 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 16,439 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 15,635 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 14,897 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 13,710 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 6,464 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 2005 | 8,043 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2006 | 8,408 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 8,371 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 7,848 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 7,522 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 8,966 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2011 | 9,076 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 8,885 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 8,920 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 12,226 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2015 | 14,581 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 14,897 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 17,548 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2018 | 20,091 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2019 | 21,478 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 22,186 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 24,492 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 24,752 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 21,281 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 34,389 kg/ha | +61.6% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 34,389 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Greece's 34,389 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14,011 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,988 kg/ha | 7,432 kg/ha | 14,360 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,870 kg/ha | 10,278 kg/ha | 16,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,471 kg/ha | 7,431 kg/ha | 16,430 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,667 kg/ha | 9,873 kg/ha | 15,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,734 kg/ha | 6,464 kg/ha | 16,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,667 kg/ha | 8,885 kg/ha | 21,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,420 kg/ha | 21,281 kg/ha | 34,389 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 2 Guyana 50,522 kg/ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 17,822 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17,138 kg/ha compare
- 3 United Arab Emirates 42,270 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,133 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 42,000 kg/ha compare
- 6 Argentina 31,252 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12,373 kg/ha compare
- 7 Honduras 30,021 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,517 kg/ha compare
- 8 Chile 27,892 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 lemons and limes — yield in Greece?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Greece was 34,389 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 34,389 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,464 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Greece rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Greece ranks 5th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.