Spinach — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Spinach — Area harvested was 6,630 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Greece is 6,630 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.9% on the previous year and up 69.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Greece peaked at 11,500 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,900 ha, in 1977.
That places Greece 9th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,290 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,080 ha | -9.2% |
| 1963 | 2,210 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 2,230 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,997 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 2,250 ha | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 2,330 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 2,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 2,347 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 1,900 ha | -32.1% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +31.6% |
| 1979 | 2,150 ha | -14.0% |
| 1980 | 2,400 ha | +11.6% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 2,333 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 2,930 ha | +25.6% |
| 1986 | 2,543 ha | -13.2% |
| 1987 | 3,048 ha | +19.9% |
| 1988 | 2,900 ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,284 ha | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 3,100 ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 2,800 ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 3,348 ha | +19.6% |
| 1994 | 3,261 ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 3,397 ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 3,090 ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 2,971 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 2,993 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,044 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 3,089 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 3,146 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 3,407 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 3,566 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 3,547 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 4,121 ha | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 4,145 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 4,125 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 4,154 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 4,208 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 4,119 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 4,158 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 4,176 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,095 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 3,902 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 4,165 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 5,923 ha | +42.2% |
| 2017 | 7,882 ha | +33.1% |
| 2018 | 7,570 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 6,770 ha | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 6,920 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 11,500 ha | +66.2% |
| 2022 | 7,890 ha | -31.4% |
| 2023 | 5,980 ha | -24.2% |
| 2024 | 6,630 ha | +10.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 6,630 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 41.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Greece's 6,630 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 15.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +66.2% | 6,920 ha | 11,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,154 ha | 1,997 ha | 2,330 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,370 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,695 ha | 2,333 ha | 3,048 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,129 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,397 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,751 ha | 3,089 ha | 4,208 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,276 ha | 3,902 ha | 7,882 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,784 ha | 5,980 ha | 11,500 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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 spinach — area harvested in Greece?
- Spinach — area harvested in Greece was 6,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 11,500 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,900 ha in 1977.
- How does Greece rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 9th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. 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 Spinach — 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.