Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 928 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Greece stood at 928 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.6% on the previous year and down 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Greece peaked at 2,800 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 814 ha, in 1995.
Greece ranks 30th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,998 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,877 ha | -6.1% |
| 1963 | 1,770 ha | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 1,840 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 1,810 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 1,870 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 1,940 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 2,190 ha | +12.9% |
| 1969 | 2,260 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 2,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 2,535 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 2,450 ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,637 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 2,617 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 2,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 2,710 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 2,610 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 2,200 ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 2,390 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | -16.3% |
| 1992 | 1,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 1,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 814 ha | -32.2% |
| 1996 | 1,126 ha | +38.3% |
| 1997 | 1,652 ha | +46.7% |
| 1998 | 2,379 ha | +44.0% |
| 1999 | 2,337 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 2,256 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 2,395 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 2,163 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 2,196 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,134 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 2,115 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 2,099 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,017 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 2,054 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 2,037 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,987 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 1,945 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,934 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,914 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,233 ha | -35.6% |
| 2015 | 1,195 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,169 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 928 ha | -20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,951 ha | 1,770 ha | 2,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,508 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,607 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,690 ha | 814 ha | 2,390 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,147 ha | 2,017 ha | 2,395 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,538 ha | 928 ha | 1,987 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Greece?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Greece was 928 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 814 ha in 1995.
- How does Greece rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 30th out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.0%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested. 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.