Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Greece
Greece: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4609 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Greece, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2017, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Greece stood at 0.4609.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Greece peaked at 1.26 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.4492, in 2015.
That places Greece 75th out of 163 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 | 1 | 1.26 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8562 | 0.7583 | 0.9799 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6454 | 0.5835 | 0.6844 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5786 | 0.5231 | 0.7056 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5413 | 0.5153 | 0.573 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5183 | 0.4492 | 0.6084 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Greece?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Greece was 0.4609 in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 in 1962.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4492 in 2015.
- How does Greece rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Greece ranks 75th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).