Rice — Yield in Greece
Greece: Rice — Yield was 7,922 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 7,922 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.8% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Greece peaked at 9,078 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,632 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Greece 8th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,673 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,688 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 4,070 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 4,324 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 4,404 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 4,750 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 5,231 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 4,884 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 4,774 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 4,985 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 4,731 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 4,952 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 4,939 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 5,100 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 3,632 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1977 | 5,137 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 1978 | 5,163 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 4,714 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 4,500 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 5,437 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1982 | 5,314 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 5,753 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 6,333 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1985 | 6,155 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 6,722 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 6,850 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 5,682 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1989 | 6,596 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1990 | 6,000 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 5,494 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 7,361 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1993 | 7,390 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 8,081 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 8,106 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 7,756 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 7,474 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 7,220 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 7,303 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 7,010 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 7,115 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 7,368 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 6,967 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 7,104 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 7,406 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 7,714 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 7,634 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 7,373 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 7,668 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 6,928 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 8,109 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 7,493 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 8,396 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 8,466 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 9,078 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 8,631 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 8,266 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 7,337 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 7,399 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 7,964 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 7,032 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 7,462 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 6,900 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 7,922 kg/ha | +14.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 7,922 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,950 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Greece's 7,922 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,419 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,422 kg/ha | 3,673 kg/ha | 5,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,835 kg/ha | 3,632 kg/ha | 5,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,934 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 6,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,218 kg/ha | 5,494 kg/ha | 8,106 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,336 kg/ha | 6,967 kg/ha | 7,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,010 kg/ha | 6,928 kg/ha | 9,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,456 kg/ha | 6,900 kg/ha | 7,964 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,639 kg/ha compare
- 5 Egypt 9,132 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,518 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 8,385 kg/ha compare
- 7 Peru 8,307 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,484 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,108 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 7,154 kg/ha compare
- 10 China 7,150 kg/ha compare
- 11 Spain 7,049 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 3,106 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 rice — yield in Greece?
- Rice — yield in Greece was 7,922 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 9,078 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,632 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Greece rank for rice — yield?
- Greece ranks 8th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. 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 — 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.