Oats — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Oats — Area harvested was 66,740 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Greece stood at 66,740 ha.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 56.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Greece peaked at 148,630 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 39,694 ha, in 2005.
Greece ranks 29th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 148,630 ha | — |
| 1962 | 143,696 ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 126,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1964 | 119,290 ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 120,250 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 118,060 ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 111,270 ha | -5.8% |
| 1968 | 92,350 ha | -17.0% |
| 1969 | 84,350 ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 79,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 80,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 78,200 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 72,400 ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 76,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 70,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 64,800 ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 57,300 ha | -11.6% |
| 1978 | 56,400 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 53,500 ha | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 51,900 ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 52,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 48,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 43,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 43,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 42,666 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 43,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 44,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 43,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 41,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 43,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 44,700 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 42,800 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 44,023 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 43,660 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 44,288 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 43,770 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 43,752 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 44,038 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 43,979 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 43,149 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 42,696 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 43,510 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 42,575 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 40,744 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 39,694 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 41,762 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 42,698 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 43,498 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 43,406 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 44,613 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 45,054 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 45,571 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 44,949 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 42,789 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 103,575 ha | +142.1% |
| 2016 | 44,323 ha | -57.2% |
| 2017 | 49,228 ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 80,060 ha | +62.6% |
| 2019 | 72,440 ha | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 67,510 ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 64,250 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 62,500 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 61,650 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 66,740 ha | +8.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 66,740 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Greece's 66,740 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +142.1% | 42,789 ha | 103,575 ha |
| 2018 | +62.6% | 49,228 ha | 80,060 ha |
| 2016 | -57.2% | 103,575 ha | 44,323 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,211 ha | 84,350 ha | 148,630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,860 ha | 53,500 ha | 80,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,267 ha | 41,000 ha | 52,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,801 ha | 42,800 ha | 44,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,373 ha | 39,694 ha | 43,510 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,260 ha | 42,789 ha | 103,575 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,530 ha | 61,650 ha | 67,510 ha | 5 |
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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 oats — area harvested in Greece?
- Oats — area harvested in Greece was 66,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 148,630 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,694 ha in 2005.
- How does Greece rank for oats — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 29th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — Area harvested. 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.