Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1,920 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Greece stood at 1,920 ha.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Greece peaked at 2,440 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 1971.
Greece ranks 47th of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 750 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +185.7% |
| 1986 | 1,960 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | -18.4% |
| 1988 | 1,450 ha | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | -17.2% |
| 1990 | 990 ha | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 945 ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 920 ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 677 ha | -26.4% |
| 1994 | 696 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 719 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 670 ha | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 718 ha | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 792 ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 955 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 1,049 ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 1,100 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 1,161 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1,271 ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 1,334 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1,405 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 1,566 ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 1,575 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,708 ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 1,826 ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 1,918 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 1,923 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,988 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 1,740 ha | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 1,877 ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 2,222 ha | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 2,149 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 2,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 2,180 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,440 ha | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 2,150 ha | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 2,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,030 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 1,920 ha | -5.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,920 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 3.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,920 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,559 ha, 75% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +185.7% | 700 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 844.44 ha | 800 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 615 ha | 600 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,141 ha | 600 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 802.7 ha | 670 ha | 990 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,312 ha | 955 ha | 1,708 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,002 ha | 1,740 ha | 2,222 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,138 ha | 1,920 ha | 2,440 ha | 5 |
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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Greece?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Greece was 1,920 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2,440 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 1971.
- How does Greece rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 47th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.