Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 1,757 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Greece, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1,757 ha for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Greece peaked at 18,000 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1,757 ha, in 2017.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 17,100 ha | — |
| 1986 | 16,110 ha | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 16,110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16,110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 15,210 ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 14,850 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 13,770 ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 5,334 ha | -61.3% |
| 1994 | 5,252 ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 5,143 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 5,115 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 5,086 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 5,038 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 4,933 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 4,882 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 4,780 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 4,674 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 4,865 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 4,689 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 4,659 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 4,613 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 4,307 ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 4,310 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 4,279 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 4,145 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 4,134 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 4,085 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 3,670 ha | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 2,045 ha | -44.3% |
| 2015 | 2,047 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,874 ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 1,757 ha | -6.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,757 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,757 ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,757 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,692 ha, 1.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -61.3% | 13,770 ha | 5,334 ha |
| 2014 | -44.3% | 3,670 ha | 2,045 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16,686 ha | 16,110 ha | 18,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,973 ha | 4,933 ha | 15,210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,606 ha | 4,279 ha | 4,882 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,970 ha | 1,757 ha | 4,145 ha | 8 |
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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 locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Greece?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Greece was 1,757 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,757 ha in 2017.
- How does Greece rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 5th out of 15 countries with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.2%. 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 Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested. 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.