Sorghum — Yield in Greece
Greece: Sorghum — Yield was 2,543 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Greece is 2,543 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 18.7% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Greece peaked at 5,624 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 522.9 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Greece 35th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 975 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 522.9 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 1963 | 587.5 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 819.5 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1965 | 928 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1966 | 901.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 999.1 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1968 | 1,072 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 1,029 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 820.6 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1971 | 1,326 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 1972 | 1,112 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1973 | 1,617 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1974 | 1,856 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 1,409 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1976 | 2,017 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1977 | 1,421 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1978 | 2,011 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1979 | 2,179 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 1,672 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1981 | 2,396 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 1982 | 1,476 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 1983 | 1,596 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 1,731 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 2,143 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1986 | 2,695 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1987 | 3,688 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | -72.9% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1991 | 3,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1992 | 2,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 5,624 kg/ha | +181.2% |
| 1994 | 3,790 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1995 | 3,730 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 3,664 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 2,268 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 1998 | 1,925 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 3,385 kg/ha | +75.8% |
| 2000 | 2,102 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2001 | 3,521 kg/ha | +67.5% |
| 2002 | 3,101 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 2,788 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 1,623 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 2005 | 1,355 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 1,842 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 2007 | 1,153 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2008 | 1,064 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 2,104 kg/ha | +97.8% |
| 2010 | 1,608 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2011 | 793 kg/ha | -50.7% |
| 2012 | 1,431 kg/ha | +80.5% |
| 2013 | 2,636 kg/ha | +84.2% |
| 2014 | 3,399 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 3,591 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 2,772 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2017 | 2,767 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,916 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 3,152 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 3,299 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 3,131 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 3,460 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 3,128 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 2,543 kg/ha | -18.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 2,543 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Greece's 2,543 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 870.5 kg/ha | 522.9 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,577 kg/ha | 820.6 kg/ha | 2,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,940 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3,688 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,138 kg/ha | 1,925 kg/ha | 5,624 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,065 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 3,521 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,507 kg/ha | 793 kg/ha | 3,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,112 kg/ha | 2,543 kg/ha | 3,460 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 sorghum — yield in Greece?
- Sorghum — yield in Greece was 2,543 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 5,624 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 522.9 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Greece rank for sorghum — yield?
- Greece ranks 35th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.