Soya beans — Yield in Greece
Greece: Soya beans — Yield was 1,638 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Yield in Greece, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Greece is 1,638 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 300.9% on the previous year and down 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Greece peaked at 4,131 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 126.5 kg/ha, in 2004.
Greece ranks 58th of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2,790 kg/ha | — |
| 1988 | 1,667 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1989 | 2,875 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 1990 | 3,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 2,750 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 3,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 2,431 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1994 | 2,011 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1995 | 2,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,238 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 2,265 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 2,361 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 1,564 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2000 | 1,743 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 1,640 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 1,973 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2003 | 765.8 kg/ha | -61.2% |
| 2004 | 126.5 kg/ha | -83.5% |
| 2005 | 371.6 kg/ha | +193.8% |
| 2006 | 2,149 kg/ha | +478.3% |
| 2007 | 2,112 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 368.4 kg/ha | -82.6% |
| 2009 | 1,992 kg/ha | +440.7% |
| 2010 | 2,709 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2011 | 2,545 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 2,598 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 2,738 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 2,793 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 2,944 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 2,902 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 2,897 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 4,131 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 2019 | 3,612 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 1,859 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2021 | 1,500 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 531.3 kg/ha | -64.6% |
| 2023 | 408.6 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2024 | 1,638 kg/ha | +300.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,638 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,638 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,355 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +478.3% | 371.6 kg/ha | 2,149 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +440.7% | 368.4 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +300.9% | 408.6 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +193.8% | 126.5 kg/ha | 371.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,444 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 2,362 kg/ha | 1,564 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,324 kg/ha | 126.5 kg/ha | 2,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,987 kg/ha | 2,545 kg/ha | 4,131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,187 kg/ha | 408.6 kg/ha | 1,859 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 55 China, Taiwan Province of 1,667 kg/ha compare
- 55 Costa Rica 1,667 kg/ha compare
- 57 Japan 1,640 kg/ha compare
- 59 Thailand 1,635 kg/ha compare
- 60 Belize 1,619 kg/ha compare
- 61 South Africa 1,606 kg/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 — yield in Greece?
- Soya beans — yield in Greece was 1,638 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4,131 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 126.5 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Greece rank for soya beans — yield?
- Greece ranks 58th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.