Potatoes — Yield in Greece
Greece: Potatoes — Yield was 31,585 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 31,585 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.0% on the previous year and up 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Greece peaked at 31,585 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,121 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 32nd out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,121 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,170 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 8,112 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 9,336 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1965 | 9,277 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 9,683 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 10,620 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 11,144 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 12,223 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 12,903 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 13,072 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 13,174 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 13,679 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 13,893 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 15,324 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 15,662 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 14,636 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 14,139 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 15,365 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 16,677 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 17,032 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 16,468 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 17,734 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 17,814 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 18,286 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 18,546 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 18,296 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 18,127 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 20,500 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 18,947 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 20,218 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 20,432 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 20,248 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 20,048 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 20,058 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 20,058 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 19,177 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 20,247 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 19,905 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 20,723 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 20,463 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 19,388 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 20,666 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 20,264 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 20,068 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 19,841 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 20,639 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 20,115 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 20,701 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 20,684 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 20,216 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 19,916 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 20,679 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 23,580 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 24,783 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 23,704 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 25,236 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 27,675 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 29,480 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 28,648 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 30,885 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 29,670 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 28,206 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 31,585 kg/ha | +12.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 31,585 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Greece's 31,585 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,410 kg/ha | 7,121 kg/ha | 12,223 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,184 kg/ha | 12,903 kg/ha | 15,662 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,948 kg/ha | 16,468 kg/ha | 20,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,934 kg/ha | 18,947 kg/ha | 20,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,287 kg/ha | 19,388 kg/ha | 20,723 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,595 kg/ha | 19,916 kg/ha | 29,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,799 kg/ha | 28,206 kg/ha | 31,585 kg/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 potatoes — yield in Greece?
- Potatoes — yield in Greece was 31,585 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 31,585 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,121 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for potatoes — yield?
- Greece ranks 32nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.0%. 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 Potatoes — 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.