Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Greece
Greece: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 6,993 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Greece, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 6,993 kg/ha for locust beans (carobs) — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 134.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Greece peaked at 7,024 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 996.7 kg/ha, in 1987.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,244 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,298 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 996.7 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 1,396 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1989 | 1,132 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1990 | 1,061 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 1,247 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1992 | 1,375 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 3,001 kg/ha | +118.3% |
| 1994 | 3,107 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 3,062 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 3,313 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 3,762 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 3,671 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 3,773 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 4,136 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 3,444 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 3,210 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 3,040 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 3,120 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,228 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 3,145 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2,978 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 2,830 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 2,735 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 2,893 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 2,806 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 2,928 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 3,277 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 6,588 kg/ha | +101.0% |
| 2015 | 6,650 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 7,024 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 6,993 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 6,993 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,122 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Greece's 6,993 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,561 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +118.3% | 1,375 kg/ha | 3,001 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +101.0% | 3,277 kg/ha | 6,588 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,213 kg/ha | 996.7 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,737 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | 3,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,187 kg/ha | 2,735 kg/ha | 4,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,895 kg/ha | 2,806 kg/ha | 7,024 kg/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) — yield in Greece?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Greece was 6,993 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 7,024 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 996.7 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Greece rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Greece ranks 3rd out of 14 countries with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 134.8%. 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) — 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.