Sorghum — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1,750 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Greece stood at 1,750 ha.
The figure is down 27.7% on the previous year and up 856.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Greece peaked at 27,500 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 13 ha, in 2013.
Greece ranks 86th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,300 ha | +81.1% |
| 1963 | 27,500 ha | +68.7% |
| 1964 | 13,300 ha | -51.6% |
| 1965 | 6,100 ha | -54.1% |
| 1966 | 5,700 ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 8,100 ha | +42.1% |
| 1968 | 4,800 ha | -40.7% |
| 1969 | 8,600 ha | +79.2% |
| 1970 | 8,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 4,200 ha | -52.8% |
| 1972 | 5,200 ha | +23.8% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | -28.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +38.9% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | -62.0% |
| 1977 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | -66.7% |
| 1982 | 1,630 ha | +226.0% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | -32.5% |
| 1984 | 650 ha | -40.9% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1986 | 302 ha | -69.8% |
| 1987 | 446 ha | +47.7% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +34.5% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 239 ha | -76.1% |
| 1994 | 127 ha | -46.9% |
| 1995 | 152 ha | +19.7% |
| 1996 | 148 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 80 ha | -45.9% |
| 1998 | 75 ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 87 ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 66 ha | -24.1% |
| 2001 | 31 ha | -53.0% |
| 2002 | 26 ha | -16.1% |
| 2003 | 15 ha | -42.3% |
| 2004 | 31 ha | +106.7% |
| 2005 | 33 ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 32 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 29 ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 32 ha | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 42 ha | +31.2% |
| 2010 | 43 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 29 ha | -32.6% |
| 2012 | 33 ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 13 ha | -60.6% |
| 2014 | 183 ha | +1307.7% |
| 2015 | 286 ha | +56.3% |
| 2016 | 171 ha | -40.2% |
| 2017 | 176 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 2,620 ha | +1388.6% |
| 2019 | 2,360 ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 2,240 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 2,210 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,350 ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 2,420 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 1,750 ha | -27.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,750 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,063 ha, 1.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,750 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,750 ha, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +1388.6% | 176 ha | 2,620 ha |
| 2014 | +1307.7% | 13 ha | 183 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,044 ha | 4,800 ha | 27,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,890 ha | 1,600 ha | 8,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 872.8 ha | 302 ha | 1,630 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 390.8 ha | 75 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.7 ha | 15 ha | 66 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 591.4 ha | 13 ha | 2,620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,194 ha | 1,750 ha | 2,420 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 83 Tunisia 2,351 ha compare
- 84 Morocco 2,258 ha compare
- 85 China, Taiwan Province of 2,000 ha compare
- 87 Republic of Korea 1,632 ha compare
- 88 Papua New Guinea 1,129 ha compare
- 89 Eswatini 1,000 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 sorghum — area harvested in Greece?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Greece was 1,750 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 27,500 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 ha in 2013.
- How does Greece rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 856.3%. 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 Sorghum — 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.