Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 87,880 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Greece stood at 87,880 ha.
That represents a change of up 19.5% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Greece peaked at 100,720 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 790 ha, in 1968.
Greece ranks 23rd of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,994 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,806 ha | -31.3% |
| 1963 | 4,572 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 4,300 ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 2,560 ha | -40.5% |
| 1966 | 2,660 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 3,609 ha | +35.7% |
| 1968 | 790 ha | -78.1% |
| 1969 | 1,020 ha | +29.1% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +47.1% |
| 1971 | 5,200 ha | +246.7% |
| 1972 | 3,024 ha | -41.8% |
| 1973 | 1,844 ha | -39.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 3,100 ha | +55.0% |
| 1977 | 2,300 ha | -25.8% |
| 1978 | 900 ha | -60.9% |
| 1979 | 1,700 ha | +88.9% |
| 1980 | 3,300 ha | +94.1% |
| 1981 | 2,900 ha | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 4,800 ha | +65.5% |
| 1983 | 13,400 ha | +179.2% |
| 1984 | 43,500 ha | +224.6% |
| 1985 | 57,770 ha | +32.8% |
| 1986 | 79,122 ha | +37.0% |
| 1987 | 93,800 ha | +18.6% |
| 1988 | 42,000 ha | -55.2% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | -40.5% |
| 1990 | 27,236 ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 21,285 ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 27,945 ha | +31.3% |
| 1993 | 18,956 ha | -32.2% |
| 1994 | 20,744 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 20,740 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 22,023 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 26,558 ha | +20.6% |
| 1998 | 31,873 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 35,895 ha | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 23,145 ha | -35.5% |
| 2001 | 17,249 ha | -25.5% |
| 2002 | 16,974 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 9,844 ha | -42.0% |
| 2004 | 4,745 ha | -51.8% |
| 2005 | 4,938 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 9,057 ha | +83.4% |
| 2007 | 12,015 ha | +32.7% |
| 2008 | 12,510 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 23,433 ha | +87.3% |
| 2010 | 53,483 ha | +128.2% |
| 2011 | 69,137 ha | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 61,385 ha | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 72,300 ha | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 76,381 ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 93,965 ha | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 76,419 ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 75,006 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 82,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 100,720 ha | +22.1% |
| 2020 | 97,710 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 90,570 ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 92,960 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 73,510 ha | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 87,880 ha | +19.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 87,880 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 5.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Greece's 87,880 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 8.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +246.7% | 1,500 ha | 5,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,479 ha | 790 ha | 6,994 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,337 ha | 900 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,559 ha | 2,900 ha | 93,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,326 ha | 18,956 ha | 35,895 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,391 ha | 4,745 ha | 23,433 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,130 ha | 53,483 ha | 100,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,526 ha | 73,510 ha | 97,710 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Greece?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Greece was 87,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 100,720 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 790 ha in 1968.
- How does Greece rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 23rd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.