Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Greece
Greece: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 31,585 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Greece stood at 31,585 kg/ha. 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, roots and tubers, total — yield in Greece peaked at 31,585 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,123 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 27th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,123 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,172 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 8,109 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 9,328 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 9,274 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 9,680 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 10,618 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 11,140 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 12,222 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 12,918 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 13,057 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 13,194 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 13,676 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 13,894 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 15,329 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 15,656 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 14,646 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 14,152 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 15,372 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 16,664 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 17,097 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 16,468 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 17,736 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 17,826 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 18,305 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 18,550 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 18,388 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 18,100 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 20,480 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 18,941 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 20,218 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 20,442 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 20,250 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 20,050 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 20,048 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 20,051 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19,164 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 20,234 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 19,895 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 20,713 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 20,446 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 19,384 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 20,667 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 20,267 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 20,055 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 19,838 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 20,642 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 20,119 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 20,699 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 20,687 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 20,214 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 19,916 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 20,687 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 23,569 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 24,777 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 23,714 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 25,230 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 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 27,824 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (56 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 | 9,407 kg/ha | 7,123 kg/ha | 12,222 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,189 kg/ha | 12,918 kg/ha | 15,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,962 kg/ha | 16,468 kg/ha | 20,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,929 kg/ha | 18,941 kg/ha | 20,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,283 kg/ha | 19,384 kg/ha | 20,713 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Greece?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Greece was 31,585 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 31,585 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,123 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Greece ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.