Vetches — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Vetches — Area harvested was 31,977 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 31,977 ha for vetches — area harvested in 2017.
The figure is up 3,094.5% on the previous year and up 274.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Greece peaked at 58,565 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,001 ha, in 2016.
That places Greece 8th out of 43 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,278 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,565 ha | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 50,170 ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 39,450 ha | -21.4% |
| 1965 | 37,940 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 35,200 ha | -7.2% |
| 1967 | 37,710 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 24,820 ha | -34.2% |
| 1969 | 20,260 ha | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 21,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 17,800 ha | -22.6% |
| 1973 | 18,570 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 20,100 ha | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 19,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 16,100 ha | -16.6% |
| 1977 | 15,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 13,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 14,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 12,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 8,600 ha | -30.6% |
| 1983 | 8,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 9,400 ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 9,100 ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 10,100 ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 11,500 ha | +13.9% |
| 1988 | 8,600 ha | -25.2% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 7,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 7,157 ha | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 5,966 ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 6,156 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 6,162 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 6,323 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 7,608 ha | +20.3% |
| 1999 | 6,962 ha | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 6,735 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 6,388 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 6,070 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 6,451 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 6,438 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 6,472 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 8,415 ha | +30.0% |
| 2007 | 8,549 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 7,707 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 7,251 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 7,151 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 7,637 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 7,163 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 7,192 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 7,561 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 7,783 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 1,001 ha | -87.1% |
| 2017 | 31,977 ha | +3094.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 31,977 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 717 ha, 44.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Greece's 31,977 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,468 ha, 13.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +3094.5% | 1,001 ha | 31,977 ha |
| 2016 | -87.1% | 7,783 ha | 1,001 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,044 ha | 20,260 ha | 58,565 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,887 ha | 13,600 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,890 ha | 8,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,833 ha | 5,966 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,048 ha | 6,070 ha | 8,549 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,683 ha | 1,001 ha | 31,977 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 75,750 ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 102 ha compare
- 6 Australia 36,895 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 36,895 ha compare
- 9 Belarus 11,325 ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 10,500 ha compare
- 11 Serbia 8,746 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 vetches — area harvested in Greece?
- Vetches — area harvested in Greece was 31,977 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 58,565 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,001 ha in 2016.
- How does Greece rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 8th out of 43 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 274.0%. 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 Vetches — 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.