Margarine and shortening — Production in Greece
Greece: Margarine and shortening — Production was 39,500 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Margarine and shortening — Production in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Greece recorded 39,500 t for margarine and shortening — production in 2023.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Greece peaked at 75,371 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,000 t, in 1961.
Greece ranks 41st of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 t | +60.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 21,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 19,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 21,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 22,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 22,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21,000 t | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 20,300 t | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 20,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 21,850 t | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 20,000 t | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 23,875 t | +19.4% |
| 1996 | 25,500 t | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 17,400 t | -31.8% |
| 1998 | 18,700 t | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 22,000 t | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 22,471 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 22,700 t | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 21,500 t | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 44,000 t | +104.7% |
| 2004 | 27,500 t | -37.5% |
| 2005 | 20,600 t | -25.1% |
| 2006 | 24,000 t | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 24,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18,000 t | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 25,000 t | +38.9% |
| 2010 | 35,000 t | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 36,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 38,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 44,000 t | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 40,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 47,838 t | +19.6% |
| 2016 | 39,232 t | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 40,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 75,371 t | +88.4% |
| 2019 | 39,300 t | -47.9% |
| 2020 | 39,100 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 39,300 t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 39,600 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 39,500 t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,333 t | 5,000 t | 8,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,400 t | 10,000 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,500 t | 19,000 t | 22,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,112 t | 17,400 t | 25,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,977 t | 18,000 t | 44,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,474 t | 35,000 t | 75,371 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,375 t | 39,100 t | 39,600 t | 4 |
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- 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)
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- Agriculture share gdp 3.57 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Greece?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Greece was 39,500 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 75,371 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 t in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Greece ranks 41st out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. 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 Margarine and shortening — Production. 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.