Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Greece
Greece: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0007 ha per square kilometre in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.0007 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2017.
The figure is down 34.8% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Greece peaked at 0.0043 ha per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 ha per square kilometre, in 2014.
That places Greece 90th out of 99 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +15.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | -22.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -37.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +78.0% |
| 1974 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -30.3% |
| 1975 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +62.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -66.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | +60.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -45.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | +253.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -41.1% |
| 1989 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -35.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -18.3% |
| 1994 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -21.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | +268.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | -73.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +220.0% |
| 2002 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +37.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +52.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | -28.3% |
| 2006 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -66.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +27.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +42.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | -79.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | +127.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | +26.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | -34.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +268.5% | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre |
| 1987 | +253.0% | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre |
| 2001 | +220.0% | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Greece?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Greece was 0.0007 ha per square kilometre in 2017, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0043 ha per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 ha per square kilometre in 2014.
- How does Greece rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Greece ranks 90th out of 99 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.