Spinach — Production in Greece
Greece: Spinach — Production was 52,930 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Production in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — production in Greece is 52,930 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — production in Greece peaked at 95,890 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,920 t, in 1962.
That places Greece 16th out of 70 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 — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,302 t | — |
| 1962 | 8,920 t | -13.4% |
| 1963 | 11,663 t | +30.8% |
| 1964 | 12,442 t | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 12,900 t | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 12,572 t | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 12,470 t | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 16,384 t | +31.4% |
| 1969 | 17,875 t | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 21,741 t | +21.6% |
| 1971 | 22,669 t | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 24,262 t | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 24,450 t | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 26,105 t | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 34,998 t | +34.1% |
| 1976 | 36,620 t | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 17,641 t | -51.8% |
| 1978 | 31,144 t | +76.5% |
| 1979 | 24,411 t | -21.6% |
| 1980 | 30,836 t | +26.3% |
| 1981 | 32,728 t | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 28,388 t | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 33,395 t | +17.6% |
| 1984 | 27,874 t | -16.5% |
| 1985 | 40,517 t | +45.4% |
| 1986 | 39,008 t | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 40,962 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 44,800 t | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 45,800 t | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 41,647 t | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 48,600 t | +16.7% |
| 1992 | 43,400 t | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 42,569 t | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 44,025 t | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 43,386 t | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 36,046 t | -16.9% |
| 1997 | 37,415 t | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 35,184 t | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 36,980 t | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 39,648 t | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 36,304 t | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 40,405 t | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 42,256 t | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 42,008 t | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 47,418 t | +12.9% |
| 2006 | 46,860 t | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 44,064 t | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 43,076 t | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 44,763 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 43,578 t | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 44,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 44,577 t | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 45,633 t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 44,535 t | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 45,383 t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 63,162 t | +39.2% |
| 2017 | 81,397 t | +28.9% |
| 2018 | 87,050 t | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 73,570 t | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 66,750 t | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 95,890 t | +43.7% |
| 2022 | 69,250 t | -27.8% |
| 2023 | 51,460 t | -25.7% |
| 2024 | 52,930 t | +2.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 52,930 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,748 t, 30.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Greece's 52,930 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,700 t, 31.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +76.5% | 17,641 t | 31,144 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,836 t | 8,920 t | 17,875 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,404 t | 17,641 t | 36,620 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,431 t | 27,874 t | 45,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,925 t | 35,184 t | 48,600 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,680 t | 36,304 t | 47,418 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,288 t | 43,578 t | 87,050 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,256 t | 51,460 t | 95,890 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 13 Germany 65,720 t compare
- 14 Belgium-Luxembourg 58,060 t compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 57,179 t compare
- 17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,380 t compare
- 18 Mexico 36,370 t compare
- 19 Peru 31,874 t 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 spinach — production in Greece?
- Spinach — production in Greece was 52,930 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 95,890 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest spinach — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,920 t in 1962.
- How does Greece rank for spinach — production?
- Greece ranks 16th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. 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 — Production. 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.