Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Greece
Greece: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 13,634 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 13,634 kg/ha for onions and shallots, green — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Greece peaked at 39,750 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,833 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 37th out of 59 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,833 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,335 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 7,629 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1964 | 9,134 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 9,002 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 10,021 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 9,116 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 8,951 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 9,643 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 10,112 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 10,435 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 11,803 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 13,393 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1974 | 11,073 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1975 | 13,151 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1976 | 12,272 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 12,052 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 13,282 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 12,511 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 12,358 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 11,936 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 11,862 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 11,013 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1984 | 12,893 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 13,247 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 14,794 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 13,006 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 12,075 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 16,818 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1990 | 19,707 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1991 | 34,000 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 1992 | 30,000 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 33,429 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 39,750 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1995 | 35,608 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 25,745 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1997 | 17,552 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1998 | 11,770 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1999 | 12,407 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 11,527 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 11,273 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 12,021 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 13,203 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 13,136 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 12,274 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 12,140 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 11,917 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 11,687 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 13,257 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 12,480 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 12,010 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 11,523 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 12,891 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 12,980 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 14,108 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 14,951 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 13,634 kg/ha | -8.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 13,634 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 17,092 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Greece's 13,634 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21,054 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,407 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 10,021 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,008 kg/ha | 10,112 kg/ha | 13,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,000 kg/ha | 11,013 kg/ha | 16,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,997 kg/ha | 11,770 kg/ha | 39,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,244 kg/ha | 11,273 kg/ha | 13,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,072 kg/ha | 11,523 kg/ha | 14,951 kg/ha | 8 |
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 onions and shallots, green — yield in Greece?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Greece was 13,634 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 39,750 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,833 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Greece ranks 37th out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.