Maize (corn) — Yield in Greece
Greece: Maize (corn) — Yield was 9,674 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 9,674 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Greece peaked at 11,670 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,195 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 20th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,195 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,298 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 1,364 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 1,744 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1965 | 1,728 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 1,976 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1967 | 2,345 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1968 | 2,324 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 2,765 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1970 | 3,016 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 3,405 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1972 | 3,539 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 3,782 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 3,504 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 3,842 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 3,945 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 4,036 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 4,666 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 5,789 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1980 | 7,414 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1981 | 8,577 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1982 | 8,708 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 9,156 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 9,359 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 8,604 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 9,147 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 9,095 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 9,333 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 9,918 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 9,696 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 10,104 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 9,976 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 9,895 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 9,780 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 10,056 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 9,931 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 10,403 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 8,825 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 9,513 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 9,671 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 10,346 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 9,954 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 10,406 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 10,109 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 10,303 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 10,138 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 10,022 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 10,481 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 10,433 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 10,382 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 10,707 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 10,456 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 10,669 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 11,103 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 11,670 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 11,334 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 11,598 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 10,630 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 10,681 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 10,088 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 11,244 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 10,580 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 10,851 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 9,674 kg/ha | -10.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 9,674 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 9,674 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,224 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,860 kg/ha | 1,195 kg/ha | 2,765 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,953 kg/ha | 3,016 kg/ha | 5,789 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,931 kg/ha | 7,414 kg/ha | 9,918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,818 kg/ha | 8,825 kg/ha | 10,403 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,186 kg/ha | 9,671 kg/ha | 10,481 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,923 kg/ha | 10,382 kg/ha | 11,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,487 kg/ha | 9,674 kg/ha | 11,244 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 17 Switzerland 9,979 kg/ha compare
- 18 Italy 9,974 kg/ha compare
- 19 Austria 9,900 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 769 kg/ha compare
- 21 Portugal 9,477 kg/ha compare
- 22 Bangladesh 9,246 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 2,564 kg/ha compare
- 23 France 9,204 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 maize (corn) — yield in Greece?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Greece was 9,674 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 11,670 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,195 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Greece ranks 20th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.