Vegetables Primary — Yield in Greece
Greece: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 39,369 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 39,369 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.0% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Greece peaked at 39,369 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,011 kg/ha, in 1961.
Greece ranks 14th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,011 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,696 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 9,566 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 10,093 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 11,040 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 11,812 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 11,846 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 13,833 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 15,715 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 17,609 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 17,998 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 18,181 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 20,874 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1974 | 23,747 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 23,545 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 19,900 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1977 | 20,764 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 23,777 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 24,549 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 22,310 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 26,542 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 26,750 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 25,383 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 29,506 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1985 | 29,079 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 25,980 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 26,786 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 26,979 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 29,909 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1990 | 27,014 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 30,292 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 25,876 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1993 | 28,519 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 29,130 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 29,279 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 29,403 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 29,076 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 29,064 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 28,652 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 29,804 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 29,326 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 28,406 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 28,647 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 30,233 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 29,022 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 28,066 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 27,135 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 27,454 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 28,542 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 28,293 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 27,262 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 27,041 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 27,407 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 28,579 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 30,337 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 31,128 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 29,211 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 30,632 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 32,023 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 32,971 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 31,175 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 34,647 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 35,155 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 39,369 kg/ha | +12.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 39,369 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Greece's 39,369 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,179 kg/ha | 8,011 kg/ha | 15,715 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,094 kg/ha | 17,609 kg/ha | 24,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,922 kg/ha | 22,310 kg/ha | 29,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,631 kg/ha | 25,876 kg/ha | 30,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,664 kg/ha | 27,135 kg/ha | 30,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,191 kg/ha | 27,041 kg/ha | 32,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,664 kg/ha | 31,175 kg/ha | 39,369 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11,221 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 41,772 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 40,349 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,137 kg/ha compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 40,100 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 6,678 kg/ha compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 21,152 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,532 kg/ha compare
- 15 Oman 39,047 kg/ha compare
- 16 Poland 38,160 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 6,181 kg/ha compare
- 17 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,852 kg/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 vegetables primary — yield in Greece?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Greece was 39,369 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 39,369 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,011 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Greece ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.