Rye — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Rye — Area harvested was 7,060 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rye — area harvested in Greece stood at 7,060 ha.
That represents a change of down 13.2% on the previous year and down 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Greece peaked at 24,705 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 1979.
Greece ranks 34th of 66 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.
Rye — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,705 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,954 ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 20,211 ha | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 17,950 ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 15,880 ha | -11.5% |
| 1966 | 13,560 ha | -14.6% |
| 1967 | 11,336 ha | -16.4% |
| 1968 | 8,490 ha | -25.1% |
| 1969 | 8,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,100 ha | -16.4% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 5,800 ha | -10.8% |
| 1973 | 5,300 ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 4,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 1975 | 4,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 4,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 3,900 ha | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 3,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 4,400 ha | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 5,600 ha | +27.3% |
| 1983 | 6,900 ha | +23.2% |
| 1984 | 10,100 ha | +46.4% |
| 1985 | 11,549 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 13,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 19,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 19,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 21,400 ha | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 17,500 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 18,736 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 18,152 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 17,533 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 16,512 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 16,327 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 17,124 ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 15,742 ha | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 15,624 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 16,187 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 14,854 ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 15,306 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 14,190 ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 14,047 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 16,039 ha | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 17,300 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 16,845 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 16,848 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16,189 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 13,955 ha | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 14,576 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 14,970 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 15,383 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 14,238 ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 12,467 ha | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 11,757 ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 10,190 ha | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 8,530 ha | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 8,300 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 9,380 ha | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 9,220 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 8,130 ha | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 7,060 ha | -13.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 7,060 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 12,740 ha, 55% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Greece's 7,060 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,750 ha, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,842 ha | 8,490 ha | 24,705 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,990 ha | 3,500 ha | 7,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,245 ha | 3,800 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,853 ha | 15,742 ha | 21,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,724 ha | 14,047 ha | 17,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,226 ha | 8,530 ha | 16,189 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,418 ha | 7,060 ha | 9,380 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 rye — area harvested in Greece?
- Rye — area harvested in Greece was 7,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 24,705 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1979.
- How does Greece rank for rye — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 34th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.1%. 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 Rye — 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.