Greece - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Greece was 2,136,600 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,057,000 in 1963 and a minimum value of 2,136,600 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,794,000
1962 2,863,000
1963 3,057,000
1964 3,001,000
1965 2,991,000
1966 2,995,000
1967 3,020,000
1968 3,053,000
1969 3,017,000
1970 3,010,000
1971 2,991,000
1972 2,985,000
1973 2,957,000
1974 2,948,000
1975 2,908,000
1976 2,888,000
1977 2,868,000
1978 2,923,000
1979 2,929,000
1980 2,903,000
1981 2,925,000
1982 2,928,000
1983 2,900,000
1984 2,922,000
1985 2,890,000
1986 2,879,000
1987 2,870,000
1988 2,863,000
1989 2,893,000
1990 2,899,000
1991 2,867,000
1992 2,864,000
1993 2,839,000
1994 2,836,000
1995 2,821,000
1996 2,810,000
1997 2,789,000
1998 2,784,000
1999 2,762,000
2000 2,741,000
2001 2,720,000
2002 2,717,000
2003 2,712,000
2004 2,629,000
2005 2,639,000
2006 2,584,000
2007 2,567,000
2008 2,556,000
2009 2,547,000
2010 2,567,000
2011 2,552,000
2012 2,540,000
2013 2,510,000
2014 2,224,000
2015 2,171,000
2016 2,140,000
2017 2,138,000
2018 2,136,600

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Greece was 0.199 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.361 in 1963 and a minimum value of 0.199 in 2016.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.333
1962 0.339
1963 0.361
1964 0.353
1965 0.350
1966 0.348
1967 0.348
1968 0.349
1969 0.344
1970 0.342
1971 0.339
1972 0.336
1973 0.331
1974 0.329
1975 0.321
1976 0.314
1977 0.308
1978 0.310
1979 0.307
1980 0.301
1981 0.301
1982 0.299
1983 0.295
1984 0.295
1985 0.291
1986 0.289
1987 0.287
1988 0.285
1989 0.287
1990 0.284
1991 0.278
1992 0.275
1993 0.271
1994 0.270
1995 0.267
1996 0.265
1997 0.262
1998 0.260
1999 0.257
2000 0.254
2001 0.250
2002 0.249
2003 0.248
2004 0.240
2005 0.240
2006 0.234
2007 0.232
2008 0.231
2009 0.229
2010 0.231
2011 0.230
2012 0.230
2013 0.229
2014 0.204
2015 0.201
2016 0.199
2017 0.199
2018 0.199

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Greece was 16.58 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 23.72 in 1963, while its lowest value was 16.58 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 21.68
1962 22.21
1963 23.72
1964 23.28
1965 23.20
1966 23.24
1967 23.43
1968 23.69
1969 23.41
1970 23.35
1971 23.20
1972 23.16
1973 22.94
1974 22.87
1975 22.56
1976 22.40
1977 22.25
1978 22.68
1979 22.72
1980 22.52
1981 22.69
1982 22.72
1983 22.50
1984 22.67
1985 22.42
1986 22.34
1987 22.27
1988 22.21
1989 22.44
1990 22.49
1991 22.24
1992 22.22
1993 22.02
1994 22.00
1995 21.89
1996 21.80
1997 21.64
1998 21.60
1999 21.43
2000 21.26
2001 21.10
2002 21.08
2003 21.04
2004 20.40
2005 20.47
2006 20.05
2007 19.91
2008 19.83
2009 19.76
2010 19.91
2011 19.80
2012 19.71
2013 19.47
2014 17.25
2015 16.84
2016 16.60
2017 16.59
2018 16.58

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use