Sugar beet — Yield in Greece
Greece: Sugar beet — Yield was 30,600 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — yield in Greece is 30,600 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Greece peaked at 70,102 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 20,801 kg/ha, in 1961.
Greece ranks 50th of 65 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,801 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,273 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1963 | 34,484 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 43,911 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1965 | 39,464 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1966 | 43,203 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 51,437 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1968 | 38,328 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1969 | 46,244 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1970 | 51,662 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 54,780 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 52,518 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 54,290 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 55,547 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 60,448 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 62,781 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 53,957 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1978 | 58,472 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 60,158 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 57,594 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 61,212 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 60,701 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 62,994 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 62,281 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 60,602 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 59,340 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 67,782 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 55,556 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1989 | 70,102 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1990 | 60,526 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1991 | 61,926 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 60,534 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 62,875 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 60,422 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 60,728 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 59,984 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 59,803 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 53,437 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 56,868 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 62,702 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 64,692 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 64,318 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 54,009 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 63,108 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 62,528 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 58,290 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 54,739 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 59,347 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 63,532 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 56,998 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 60,533 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 58,195 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 61,456 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 63,978 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 67,554 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 60,851 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 63,197 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 44,944 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2019 | 49,298 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 51,149 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 55,938 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 55,000 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 29,500 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2024 | 30,600 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 30,600 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Greece's 30,600 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +55.1% | 20,801 kg/ha | 32,273 kg/ha |
| 2023 | -46.4% | 55,000 kg/ha | 29,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,905 kg/ha | 20,801 kg/ha | 51,437 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,461 kg/ha | 51,662 kg/ha | 62,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,816 kg/ha | 55,556 kg/ha | 70,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,710 kg/ha | 53,437 kg/ha | 62,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,726 kg/ha | 54,009 kg/ha | 64,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,701 kg/ha | 44,944 kg/ha | 67,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,437 kg/ha | 29,500 kg/ha | 55,938 kg/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 sugar beet — yield in Greece?
- Sugar beet — yield in Greece was 30,600 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 70,102 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,801 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Greece ranks 50th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.2%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.