Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 33,740 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 33,740 ha for peaches and nectarines — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Greece peaked at 53,504 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 29,000 ha, in 1968.
Greece ranks 6th of 91 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 32,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 33,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 34,200 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 36,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 34,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 29,000 ha | -16.4% |
| 1969 | 29,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 29,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 31,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 30,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 31,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 30,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 29,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 29,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 30,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 30,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 32,600 ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 33,400 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 35,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 37,400 ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 39,900 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 42,200 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 44,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 46,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 49,100 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 52,558 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 53,376 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 53,504 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 46,846 ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 46,429 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 44,707 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 44,561 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 44,770 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 43,818 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 43,635 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 43,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 43,626 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 43,266 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 43,141 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 43,310 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 43,728 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 43,928 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 43,951 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 43,813 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 43,569 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 44,157 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 37,858 ha | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 38,648 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 39,729 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 39,920 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 42,650 ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 41,410 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 45,420 ha | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 38,550 ha | -15.1% |
| 2022 | 38,230 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 37,040 ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 33,740 ha | -8.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 33,740 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 601 ha, 56.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Greece's 33,740 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 897 ha, 37.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,344 ha | 29,000 ha | 36,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,320 ha | 29,500 ha | 31,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,100 ha | 29,800 ha | 42,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,168 ha | 44,100 ha | 53,504 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,702 ha | 43,141 ha | 44,770 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,570 ha | 37,858 ha | 44,157 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,596 ha | 33,740 ha | 45,420 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,139 ha compare
- 3 USSR 108,000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 24,518 ha compare
- 4 Spain 68,140 ha compare
- 5 Italy 53,010 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,597 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 32,876 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 6,586 ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 4,229 ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 21,946 ha compare
- 9 Republic of Korea 20,554 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,263 ha compare
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 peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Greece?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Greece was 33,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 53,504 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 ha in 1968.
- How does Greece rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 6th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. 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 Peaches and nectarines — 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.