Olives — Yield in Greece
Greece: Olives — Yield was 2,973 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Greece, 1985–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, olives — yield in Greece stood at 2,973 kg/ha.
The figure is down 21.6% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Greece peaked at 3,790 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,453 kg/ha, in 1990.
Greece ranks 13th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,656 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,854 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1987 | 1,890 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 2,365 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1989 | 2,408 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1,453 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1991 | 2,881 kg/ha | +98.3% |
| 1992 | 2,590 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 2,340 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 2,758 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1995 | 2,964 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 2,875 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 2,786 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 3,202 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 3,128 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 3,206 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 2,984 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 3,608 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2003 | 2,786 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2004 | 2,775 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 3,297 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 3,043 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 2,907 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 2,872 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 2,995 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 3,174 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 3,085 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,422 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 2,199 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2014 | 3,168 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 2015 | 3,541 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 3,454 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 3,580 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 2,870 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2019 | 3,588 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 3,368 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 3,685 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 3,790 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 2,973 kg/ha | -21.6% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 2,973 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Greece's 2,973 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,227 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +98.3% | 1,453 kg/ha | 2,881 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,235 kg/ha | 1,854 kg/ha | 2,656 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,698 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 3,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,047 kg/ha | 2,775 kg/ha | 3,608 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,208 kg/ha | 2,199 kg/ha | 3,588 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,454 kg/ha | 2,973 kg/ha | 3,790 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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 olives — yield in Greece?
- Olives — yield in Greece was 2,973 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 3,790 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,453 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for olives — yield?
- Greece ranks 13th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. 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 Olives — 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.