Soya beans — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Soya beans — Area harvested was 1,520 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1,520 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.3% on the previous year and down 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Greece peaked at 8,000 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 73rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 1,394 ha | — |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +115.2% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +166.7% |
| 1990 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1993 | 185 ha | -90.8% |
| 1994 | 47 ha | -74.6% |
| 1995 | 33 ha | -29.8% |
| 1996 | 18 ha | -45.5% |
| 1997 | 25 ha | +38.9% |
| 1998 | 18 ha | -28.0% |
| 1999 | 31 ha | +72.2% |
| 2000 | 28 ha | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 11 ha | -60.7% |
| 2002 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 88 ha | +700.0% |
| 2004 | 25 ha | -71.6% |
| 2005 | 18 ha | -28.0% |
| 2006 | 6 ha | -66.7% |
| 2007 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 ha | +116.7% |
| 2009 | 25 ha | +92.3% |
| 2010 | 505 ha | +1920.0% |
| 2011 | 358 ha | -29.1% |
| 2012 | 286 ha | -20.1% |
| 2013 | 538 ha | +88.1% |
| 2014 | 2,809 ha | +422.1% |
| 2015 | 3,704 ha | +31.9% |
| 2016 | 3,261 ha | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 2,796 ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 610 ha | -78.2% |
| 2019 | 1,030 ha | +68.9% |
| 2020 | 990 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 820 ha | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 1,280 ha | +56.1% |
| 2023 | 1,860 ha | +45.3% |
| 2024 | 1,520 ha | -18.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,520 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 49% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,520 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 49% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +1920.0% | 25 ha | 505 ha |
| 2003 | +700.0% | 11 ha | 88 ha |
| 2014 | +422.1% | 538 ha | 2,809 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,239 ha | 0 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,336 ha | 18 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.1 ha | 6 ha | 88 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,590 ha | 286 ha | 3,704 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,294 ha | 820 ha | 1,860 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 70 China, Taiwan Province of 3,000 ha compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 2,914 ha compare
- 72 El Salvador 2,779 ha compare
- 74 Honduras 1,096 ha compare
- 75 Lithuania 1,060 ha compare
- 76 Kyrgyzstan 1,055 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 soya beans — area harvested in Greece?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Greece was 1,520 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 73rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.9%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.