Spinach — Yield in Greece
Greece: Spinach — Yield was 7,983 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 7,983 kg/ha for spinach — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Greece peaked at 15,793 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4,288 kg/ha, in 1962.
Greece ranks 47th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,499 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,288 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 5,277 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1964 | 5,579 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 6,450 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 6,286 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 6,244 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 7,282 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1969 | 7,672 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 9,453 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1971 | 9,856 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 10,109 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 10,418 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 10,442 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 13,999 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1976 | 13,079 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 9,285 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1978 | 12,458 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1979 | 11,354 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 12,848 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 13,091 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 10,918 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1983 | 11,927 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 11,948 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 13,828 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 15,339 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 13,439 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 15,448 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 15,793 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 12,682 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1991 | 15,677 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1992 | 15,500 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 12,714 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1994 | 13,502 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 12,770 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 11,664 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 12,593 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 11,757 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 12,147 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 12,836 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 11,541 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 11,859 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 11,850 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 11,843 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 11,506 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 11,305 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 10,682 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 10,370 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 10,637 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 10,581 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 10,582 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10,674 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 11,143 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 11,413 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 10,896 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 10,664 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 10,327 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 11,499 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 10,867 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 9,646 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 8,338 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 8,777 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 8,605 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 7,983 kg/ha | -7.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 7,983 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Greece's 7,983 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,953 kg/ha | 4,288 kg/ha | 7,672 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,045 kg/ha | 9,285 kg/ha | 13,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,458 kg/ha | 10,918 kg/ha | 15,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,101 kg/ha | 11,664 kg/ha | 15,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,443 kg/ha | 10,370 kg/ha | 12,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,865 kg/ha | 10,327 kg/ha | 11,499 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,670 kg/ha | 7,983 kg/ha | 9,646 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 spinach — yield in Greece?
- Spinach — yield in Greece was 7,983 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 15,793 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,288 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Greece rank for spinach — yield?
- Greece ranks 47th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. 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 — 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.