Linseed — Yield in Greece
Greece: Linseed — Yield was 2,400 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, linseed — yield in Greece stood at 2,400 kg/ha.
The figure is up 50.0% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Greece peaked at 4,500 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 60 kg/ha, in 1972.
Greece ranks 2nd of 62 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Linseed — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 191 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 174.3 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1963 | 178.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 158.3 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 147.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1966 | 131 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 178.4 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1968 | 116.7 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1969 | 144.4 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1970 | 100 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1971 | 80 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 60 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2018 | 3,750 kg/ha | +6150.0% |
| 2019 | 3,500 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 3,333 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 4,500 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2022 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,600 kg/ha | -64.4% |
| 2024 | 2,400 kg/ha | +50.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 2,400 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,207 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Greece's 2,400 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,202 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +6150.0% | 60 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 157.74 kg/ha | 116.7 kg/ha | 191 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80 kg/ha | 60 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2010s | 3,625 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 3,267 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 1 Tunisia 2,896 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 1,424 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kyrgyzstan 2,126 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 248.9 kg/ha compare
- 4 Latvia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 119.8 kg/ha compare
- 5 Sweden 1,826 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 linseed — yield in Greece?
- Linseed — yield in Greece was 2,400 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4,500 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Greece rank for linseed — yield?
- Greece ranks 2nd out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — 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.