Rice — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Rice — Area harvested was 31,570 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Greece is 31,570 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Greece peaked at 36,090 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14,400 ha, in 1992.
Greece ranks 68th of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,122 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,543 ha | -16.2% |
| 1963 | 18,886 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 24,690 ha | +30.7% |
| 1965 | 23,720 ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 16,870 ha | -28.9% |
| 1967 | 17,861 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 20,980 ha | +17.5% |
| 1969 | 21,240 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 15,800 ha | -25.6% |
| 1971 | 14,900 ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 14,942 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 17,100 ha | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 21,000 ha | +22.8% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 18,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 18,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 18,390 ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 17,800 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 15,800 ha | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 15,525 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16,859 ha | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 16,100 ha | -26.8% |
| 1990 | 16,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 16,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 14,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 20,226 ha | +40.5% |
| 1994 | 23,680 ha | +17.1% |
| 1995 | 26,105 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 28,611 ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 29,085 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 26,251 ha | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 23,343 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 19,978 ha | -14.4% |
| 2001 | 21,108 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 22,465 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 23,315 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 23,693 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 22,275 ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 23,227 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 25,589 ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 25,131 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 28,033 ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 30,052 ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 30,916 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 30,785 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 28,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 27,095 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 29,043 ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 32,150 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 30,901 ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 30,350 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 29,860 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 36,090 ha | +20.9% |
| 2021 | 34,890 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 28,780 ha | -17.5% |
| 2023 | 27,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 31,570 ha | +14.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 31,570 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 75.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,546 ha | 16,870 ha | 24,690 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,783 ha | 14,900 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,208 ha | 15,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,440 ha | 14,400 ha | 29,085 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,481 ha | 19,978 ha | 28,033 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,925 ha | 27,095 ha | 32,150 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,786 ha | 27,600 ha | 36,090 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 rice — area harvested in Greece?
- Rice — area harvested in Greece was 31,570 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 36,090 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,400 ha in 1992.
- How does Greece rank for rice — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 Rice — 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.