Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 139,840 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Greece is 139,840 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and up 384.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Greece peaked at 259,685 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 22,864 ha, in 2004.
That places Greece 58th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 259,685 ha | — |
| 1962 | 237,601 ha | -8.5% |
| 1963 | 213,370 ha | -10.2% |
| 1964 | 188,460 ha | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 195,670 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 179,090 ha | -8.5% |
| 1967 | 167,461 ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 133,040 ha | -20.6% |
| 1969 | 123,020 ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 123,100 ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 117,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 111,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 111,586 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 102,800 ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 93,500 ha | -9.0% |
| 1976 | 84,900 ha | -9.2% |
| 1977 | 78,100 ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 75,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 82,640 ha | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 78,125 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 64,925 ha | -16.9% |
| 1982 | 57,214 ha | -11.9% |
| 1983 | 54,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 49,800 ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 45,810 ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 43,697 ha | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 45,085 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 38,798 ha | -13.9% |
| 1989 | 35,131 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 32,986 ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 33,365 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 30,207 ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 29,836 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 27,008 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 27,617 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 27,271 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 27,232 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 28,126 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 26,744 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 25,410 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 24,447 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 23,946 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 23,361 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 22,864 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 23,757 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 26,507 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 27,685 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 25,855 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 26,367 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 28,326 ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 27,867 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 27,938 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 30,610 ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 28,860 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 36,183 ha | +25.4% |
| 2016 | 33,336 ha | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 99,662 ha | +199.0% |
| 2018 | 134,220 ha | +34.7% |
| 2019 | 128,890 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 130,720 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 133,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 135,790 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 120,880 ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 139,840 ha | +15.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 139,840 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 8.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Greece's 139,840 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 6.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +199.0% | 33,336 ha | 99,662 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188,600 ha | 123,020 ha | 259,685 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,113 ha | 75,800 ha | 123,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,328 ha | 35,131 ha | 78,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,039 ha | 26,744 ha | 33,365 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,020 ha | 22,864 ha | 27,685 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,589 ha | 27,867 ha | 134,220 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,046 ha | 120,880 ha | 139,840 ha | 5 |
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- 55 Czechoslovakia 155,669 ha compare
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- 60 Madagascar 133,502 ha compare
- 61 Romania 119,350 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Greece?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Greece was 139,840 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 259,685 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,864 ha in 2004.
- How does Greece rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 58th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 384.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.