Oranges — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Oranges — Area harvested was 28,210 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Greece stood at 28,210 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Greece peaked at 40,780 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17,700 ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 20th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 19,700 ha | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 23,300 ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 24,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 25,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 26,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 27,600 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 29,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 29,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 30,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 30,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 31,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 31,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 31,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 31,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 31,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 31,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 32,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 32,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 33,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 34,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 34,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 34,750 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 36,243 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 36,966 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 37,580 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 38,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 38,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 38,663 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 39,150 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 39,298 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 39,666 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 40,124 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 40,360 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 40,540 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 40,780 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 40,493 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 40,152 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 40,149 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 40,141 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 40,015 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 40,719 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 39,891 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 39,972 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 39,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 38,775 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 38,784 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 38,793 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 38,524 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 31,162 ha | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 31,263 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 29,688 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 29,384 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 31,600 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 30,320 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 30,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 28,070 ha | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 28,690 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 28,280 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 28,210 ha | -0.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 28,210 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 51 ha, 553.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,889 ha | 17,700 ha | 25,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,820 ha | 26,500 ha | 31,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,896 ha | 31,700 ha | 36,966 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,218 ha | 37,580 ha | 40,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,131 ha | 39,000 ha | 40,780 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,829 ha | 29,384 ha | 38,793 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,770 ha | 28,070 ha | 30,600 ha | 5 |
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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 oranges — area harvested in Greece?
- Oranges — area harvested in Greece was 28,210 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 40,780 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 20th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. 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 Oranges — 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.