Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 355,087 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 355,087 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2017.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Greece peaked at 470,392 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 144,678 ha, in 1981.
Greece ranks 62nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 251,534 ha | — |
| 1962 | 306,068 ha | +21.7% |
| 1963 | 274,196 ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 173,570 ha | -36.7% |
| 1965 | 155,970 ha | -10.1% |
| 1966 | 158,540 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 165,037 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 161,950 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 174,980 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 169,300 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 167,500 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 198,224 ha | +18.3% |
| 1973 | 173,528 ha | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 167,914 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 152,666 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 166,365 ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 196,871 ha | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 170,677 ha | -13.3% |
| 1979 | 146,944 ha | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 158,957 ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 144,678 ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 150,020 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 195,100 ha | +30.0% |
| 1984 | 256,800 ha | +31.6% |
| 1985 | 299,620 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 313,002 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 320,394 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 310,614 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 311,529 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 296,331 ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 263,098 ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 340,943 ha | +29.6% |
| 1993 | 367,397 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 393,736 ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 443,128 ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 441,367 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 434,820 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 449,530 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 470,392 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 438,480 ha | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 424,460 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 403,448 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 388,796 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 384,128 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 374,426 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 387,236 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 377,694 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 265,555 ha | -29.7% |
| 2009 | 258,412 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 318,353 ha | +23.2% |
| 2011 | 384,656 ha | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 363,807 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 354,307 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 367,939 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 379,340 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 338,331 ha | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 355,087 ha | +5.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 355,087 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,260 ha, 10.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Greece's 355,087 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 155,749 ha, 2.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 202,427 ha | 155,970 ha | 306,068 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 170,999 ha | 146,944 ha | 198,224 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 246,071 ha | 144,678 ha | 320,394 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 390,074 ha | 263,098 ha | 470,392 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 370,264 ha | 258,412 ha | 438,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 357,728 ha | 318,353 ha | 384,656 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 59 Togo 445,039 ha compare
- 60 Central African Republic 440,755 ha compare
- 61 Zambia 401,297 ha compare
- 63 Zimbabwe 348,823 ha compare
- 64 Serbia and Montenegro 331,405 ha compare
- 65 Yugoslav SFR 311,523 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
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- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.232 hectares per person (2025)
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- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.5246 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Greece?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Greece was 355,087 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 470,392 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 144,678 ha in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 62nd out of 184 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.