Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 10,540 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 10,540 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 59.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Greece peaked at 69,630 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 10,540 ha, in 2024.
That places Greece 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,458 ha | — |
| 1962 | 56,448 ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 57,650 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 58,520 ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 55,870 ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 55,080 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 56,603 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 54,280 ha | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 55,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 58,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 51,300 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 52,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 56,104 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 56,124 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 57,441 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 65,200 ha | +13.5% |
| 1977 | 69,630 ha | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 64,410 ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 63,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 65,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 62,300 ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 62,102 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 64,100 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 59,160 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 56,185 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 55,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 55,913 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 55,208 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 56,135 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 50,438 ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 52,051 ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 51,651 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 49,537 ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 49,879 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 52,485 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 51,506 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 49,286 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 49,180 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 49,502 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 48,906 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 47,127 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 46,726 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 46,524 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 46,197 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 44,850 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 45,579 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 46,218 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 45,553 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 45,627 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 44,798 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 44,813 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 44,144 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 43,460 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 26,148 ha | -39.8% |
| 2015 | 23,538 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 20,893 ha | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 19,883 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 16,830 ha | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 15,950 ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 15,730 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 12,360 ha | -21.4% |
| 2022 | 13,210 ha | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 10,960 ha | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 10,540 ha | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,268 ha | 54,280 ha | 58,520 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,451 ha | 51,300 ha | 69,630 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,140 ha | 55,100 ha | 65,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,552 ha | 49,180 ha | 52,485 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,331 ha | 44,850 ha | 48,906 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,046 ha | 15,950 ha | 44,813 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,560 ha | 10,540 ha | 15,730 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Greece?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Greece was 10,540 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 69,630 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,540 ha in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, 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.