Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Greece
Greece: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 800,935 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Greece recorded 800,935 t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2017.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Greece peaked at 814,149 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 135,925 t, in 1962.
That places Greece 35th out of 186 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 366,568 t | — |
| 1962 | 135,925 t | -62.9% |
| 1963 | 315,210 t | +131.9% |
| 1964 | 186,752 t | -40.8% |
| 1965 | 241,819 t | +29.5% |
| 1966 | 248,817 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 275,797 t | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 210,812 t | -23.6% |
| 1969 | 196,964 t | -6.6% |
| 1970 | 258,085 t | +31.0% |
| 1971 | 244,526 t | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 318,343 t | +30.2% |
| 1973 | 279,319 t | -12.3% |
| 1974 | 313,845 t | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 343,475 t | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 281,456 t | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 332,321 t | +18.1% |
| 1978 | 328,743 t | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 299,497 t | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 428,178 t | +43.0% |
| 1981 | 368,192 t | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 429,775 t | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 371,060 t | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 363,082 t | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 513,202 t | +41.3% |
| 1986 | 428,864 t | -16.4% |
| 1987 | 426,794 t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 460,278 t | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 474,252 t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 311,650 t | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 525,942 t | +68.8% |
| 1992 | 510,189 t | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 484,628 t | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 579,578 t | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 624,863 t | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 613,448 t | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 610,882 t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 695,060 t | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 687,316 t | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 699,422 t | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 667,372 t | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 774,736 t | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 604,750 t | -21.9% |
| 2004 | 617,462 t | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 711,070 t | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 648,469 t | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 624,101 t | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 606,175 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 634,704 t | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 694,260 t | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 701,252 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 752,023 t | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 551,195 t | -26.7% |
| 2014 | 738,667 t | +34.0% |
| 2015 | 814,149 t | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 767,524 t | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 800,935 t | +4.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 800,935 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 55,200 t, 14.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Greece's 800,935 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 132,518 t, 6.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +131.9% | 135,925 t | 315,210 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 242,074 t | 135,925 t | 366,568 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 299,961 t | 244,526 t | 343,475 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 426,368 t | 363,082 t | 513,202 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 564,356 t | 311,650 t | 695,060 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 658,826 t | 604,750 t | 774,736 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 727,501 t | 551,195 t | 814,149 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -4.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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, oil equivalent — production in Greece?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Greece was 800,935 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 814,149 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 135,925 t in 1962.
- How does Greece rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Greece ranks 35th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. 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, Oil Equivalent — 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.