Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 50 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 50 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and down 99.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Greece peaked at 49,559 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 2023.
Greece ranks 133rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,477 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,456 ha | +160.6% |
| 1963 | 9,420 ha | +45.9% |
| 1964 | 11,950 ha | +26.9% |
| 1965 | 16,590 ha | +38.8% |
| 1966 | 16,830 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 16,760 ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 17,950 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 22,410 ha | +24.8% |
| 1970 | 26,300 ha | +17.4% |
| 1971 | 25,200 ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 22,300 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 26,200 ha | +17.5% |
| 1974 | 27,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 44,100 ha | +62.1% |
| 1976 | 46,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 43,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 46,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 45,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 28,900 ha | -36.8% |
| 1981 | 41,700 ha | +44.3% |
| 1982 | 40,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 38,300 ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 28,500 ha | -25.6% |
| 1985 | 41,500 ha | +45.6% |
| 1986 | 42,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 29,875 ha | -29.5% |
| 1988 | 36,000 ha | +20.5% |
| 1989 | 49,000 ha | +36.1% |
| 1990 | 45,600 ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 41,517 ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 49,559 ha | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 47,883 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 42,418 ha | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 41,892 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 39,446 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 47,212 ha | +19.7% |
| 1998 | 41,079 ha | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 42,525 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 48,021 ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 44,683 ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 44,057 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 40,851 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 36,302 ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 40,825 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 32,678 ha | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 15,604 ha | -52.2% |
| 2008 | 13,952 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 22,182 ha | +59.0% |
| 2010 | 15,604 ha | -29.7% |
| 2011 | 9,606 ha | -38.4% |
| 2012 | 11,132 ha | +15.9% |
| 2013 | 7,386 ha | -33.7% |
| 2014 | 7,127 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 5,227 ha | -26.7% |
| 2016 | 5,158 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 6,207 ha | +20.3% |
| 2018 | 1,430 ha | -77.0% |
| 2019 | 1,610 ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 1,740 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 480 ha | -72.4% |
| 2022 | 90 ha | -81.2% |
| 2023 | 40 ha | -55.6% |
| 2024 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 50 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 1% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Greece's 50 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 0% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +160.6% | 2,477 ha | 6,456 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,427 ha | 2,477 ha | 22,410 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,310 ha | 22,300 ha | 46,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,658 ha | 28,500 ha | 49,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,913 ha | 39,446 ha | 49,559 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,916 ha | 13,952 ha | 48,021 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,049 ha | 1,430 ha | 15,604 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 480 ha | 40 ha | 1,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 130 North Macedonia 143 ha compare
- 131 Grenada 117 ha compare
- 132 Luxembourg 70 ha compare
- 134 French Polynesia 40 ha compare
- 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 ha compare
- 136 Bhutan 6 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Greece?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Greece was 50 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 49,559 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 133rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.