Sesame seed — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 699 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, sesame seed — area harvested in Greece stood at 699 ha.
The figure is up 13.5% on the previous year and up 685.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Greece peaked at 30,000 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 74 ha, in 2009.
Greece ranks 64th of 82 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,618 ha | 9,810 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,228 ha | 2,600 ha | 17,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,644 ha | 572 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 282.9 ha | 168 ha | 458 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 106 ha | 74 ha | 140 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 320.38 ha | 82 ha | 699 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 61 El Salvador 1,220 ha compare
- 62 Iraq 939 ha compare
- 63 Tajikistan 753 ha compare
- 65 Dominican Republic 620 ha compare
- 66 Congo 612 ha compare
- 67 Morocco 400 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture share gdp 3.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 20.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 2.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1,090 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Greece?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Greece was 699 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 ha in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 64th out of 82 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 685.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — 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.