Plums and sloes — Yield in Greece
Greece: Plums and sloes — Yield was 15,286 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 15,286 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 46.4% on the previous year and up 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Greece peaked at 32,233 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4,548 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Greece 10th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,439 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,362 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 25,816 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1964 | 27,324 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 26,680 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 28,562 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 30,874 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 30,295 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 27,516 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1970 | 29,821 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 31,900 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 32,233 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 30,268 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 28,555 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 29,323 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 24,520 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1977 | 23,262 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 22,000 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 19,948 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 22,768 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 23,272 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 21,673 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1983 | 19,504 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 16,489 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1985 | 5,942 kg/ha | -64.0% |
| 1986 | 5,804 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 5,082 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 7,503 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1989 | 9,928 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1990 | 11,359 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 9,751 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 10,833 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 5,283 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 1994 | 6,160 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 5,197 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 6,992 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1997 | 5,121 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1998 | 4,548 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 6,482 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2000 | 7,180 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 8,371 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2002 | 8,639 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 4,681 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 2004 | 8,299 kg/ha | +77.3% |
| 2005 | 7,735 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 7,893 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 8,406 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 7,959 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 8,292 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 9,061 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 10,997 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2012 | 10,332 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 9,152 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 10,384 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 9,770 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 9,257 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 8,926 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 13,086 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 2019 | 9,422 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2020 | 8,688 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 9,958 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 11,354 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2023 | 10,443 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 15,286 kg/ha | +46.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 15,286 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Greece's 15,286 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,652 kg/ha | 25,816 kg/ha | 31,439 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,183 kg/ha | 19,948 kg/ha | 32,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,796 kg/ha | 5,082 kg/ha | 23,272 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,173 kg/ha | 4,548 kg/ha | 11,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,746 kg/ha | 4,681 kg/ha | 8,639 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,039 kg/ha | 8,926 kg/ha | 13,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,146 kg/ha | 8,688 kg/ha | 15,286 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 7 Republic of Moldova 5,560 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 18,162 kg/ha compare
- 8 Kenya 16,090 kg/ha compare
- 9 Albania 15,705 kg/ha compare
- 11 Italy 15,073 kg/ha compare
- 12 Morocco 14,562 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14,000 kg/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 plums and sloes — yield in Greece?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Greece was 15,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 32,233 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,548 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Greece rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Greece ranks 10th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — 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.