Greece: Land under cereal production (hectares)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Greece's land under cereal production (hectares) fell 13.8% on 2023 (from 822,260 to 709,120).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.6% and a typical year strayed about 4.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.4% in 1964 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.8% in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 24,506 a year. A straight line explains 57% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Greece had the 91st highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Greece in the 2024 ranking

• Korea, Rep. — 88th of 177: 761,624
• Zambia — 89th of 177: 759,622
• Austria — 90th of 177: 726,060
• Ecuador — 92nd of 177: 696,223
• Burundi — 93rd of 177: 678,679
• Slovak Republic — 94th of 177: 663,130

What this measures

Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through annual questionnaires. They are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Land under cereal production (hectares) in nearby economies

• Albania — 126,129 (2024)
• Armenia — 109,701 (2024)
• Austria — 726,060 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 964,494 (2024)
• Belarus — 2.28 million (2024)
• Belgium — 281,940 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 224,321 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 1.97 million (2024)
• Croatia — 500,040 (2024)
• Cyprus — 20,070 (2024)
• Czechia

More environment data for Greece

• Population in largest city — 3.16 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 38.24% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 3.16 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 30.3% (2025)
• Rural population — 2.16 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 20.78% (2025)
• Urban population — 8.25 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 79.22% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 128,022 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Greece's land under cereal production (hectares)?

709,120 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 60% from 1.77 million in 1961 (1.44% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.78 million in 1965 and the lowest 709,120 in 2024.

How does Greece rank?

91st highest of 177 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in land under cereal production (hectares) unusual for Greece?

In 2024, Greece's land under cereal production (hectares) fell 13.8% on 2023 (from 822,260 to 709,120). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.6% and a typical year strayed about 4.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.CREL.HA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, note: Item code F1717, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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