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Greece

Greece Agriculture Stats

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Author: chris.lockyer781

Greece is a fairly small country, but Greek land is rich and fertile. An example of Greek’s fertile land is the cotton industry. Greece was the 7th bigger producer of cotton out of 108 countries in 2004, reaching the first position in cotton production per million people (153.68 thousand bales per million people). About 64.24% of total Greek land area is agricultural. The arable and permanent cropland per million people is 353.01 thousand hectares. This is why there are many tractors in Greece (255,000).The number seems pretty small, but there is one tractor for every five citizens (23.13 per 1,000 people at 2003). However, there are very few agricultural workers (0.2 per hectare). It seems that Greek farmers rely mostly on technology than manpower. Greek farmers seem to respect the environment, as they keep gas emissions low (3,107.1 thousand metric tons of NO2 and 3,622.4 thousand metric tons of methane emissions).

Greek products are sold worldwide, but organic cropland is not the most preferred farming option. Except cotton, there are many popular Greek agricultural products. Greek olive oil and olives are some of the finest products found in the world and consumers agree. Greek wine is also a beloved product, and Greek producers are encouraged to grow wine grapes by the Agricultural Ministry. Greece produces 400,409 tons of wine, receiving the 14th position out of 24 countries. Greek cereals such as rice, wheat, corn and barley is pretty easy to grow and farmers prefer this type of farming. Finally, Greece also produces sugar beets, tomatoes, tobacco and potatoes in a lower scale. Greece is also a respectable producer of beef and dairy products. The value of Greek products is almost $7 billion (6.97 billion), receiving the 28th place out of 119 countries.

Definitions

  • Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
  • Agricultural growth per capita: Net per capita agricultural production, expressed in International Dollars. Net means after deduction of feed and seed. International Dollars are calculated using the Geary-Khamis formula, which is designed to neutralize irrelevant exchange rate movements (more information on http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/mes/glossary/*/E)
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km: Agricultural land (sq. km). Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km > Per capita: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000: Agricultural land (sq. km). Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. 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.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Value added > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita: Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Value added > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Agriculture, value added > Current US$: Agriculture, value added (current US$), including forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources.
  • Agriculture, value added > Current US$ per capita: Agriculture, value added (current US$). Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Arable land > Hectares: 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.
  • Arable land > Hectares > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Arable land > Hectares per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Arable land > Hectares per capita: Arable land (hectares per person). 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.
  • Area > Rice: Land area under Rice, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Cereal yield > Kg per hectare: Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes 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."
  • Cotton > Exports: Exports of cotton 2003/2004
  • Cotton use: Domestic use of cotton 2003/2004
  • Cultivable land > Hectares: Cultivable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation 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."
  • Cultivable land > Hectares per person: Cultivable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation 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."
  • Farm machinery > Tractors: Farm machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.
  • Farm machinery > Tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land: Farm machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. 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."
  • Farm workers: Agricultural employment shows the number of agricultural workers in the agricultural sector.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land: Fertilizer consumption (100 grams per hectare of arable land) measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). 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.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Fertilizer use: Average fertilizer use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Fertilizer use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total fertilizer consumption, measured in kilograms of plant nutrient, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. The measure of fertilizer consumption is an aggregate of nitrogenous, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments. In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data. Hectares of arable and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods.
  • Fertilizer use > Kg per ha of arable land: Fertilizer consumption (100 grams per hectare of arable land) measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. 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."
  • Fertilizer use > Metric tons: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis."
  • Gross value added: Gross Value Added by agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing at current prices - US dollars.
  • Gross value added per capita: Gross Value Added by agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Land > Arable land and Permanent crops: Arable land and Permanent crops.
  • Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000: Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Olive oil > Annual per capita > Consumption: Per capita consumption of Olive Oil in some of the major Olive Oil consuming countries. The figures are for the year2005.
  • Permanent crops: Permanent crops in 2000.
  • Pesticide use: Average pesticide use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Pesticide use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total pesticide consumption, measured in kilograms of active ingredients, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland
  • Produce > Agricultural crop > Production: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001."
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare: Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Includes 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 or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Production: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s
  • Produce > Cotton > Production: Production of cotton 2003/2004, in thousand bales.
  • Produce > Crop > Production index: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001.
  • Produce > Food > Production: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value."
  • Produce > Food > Production index: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
  • Produce > Live stock > Production index: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins."
  • Produce > Livestock > Production index: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.
  • Produce > Meat > Production: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes
  • Produce > Meat > Production per million: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Products: Major agricultural crops and products
  • Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters). Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country.
  • Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters). Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Tractors: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded.
  • Tractors per 1000: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Value: Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars."
  • Value added: Agriculture, value added (% of GDP). Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3.
  • Value added per worker > Constant 2000 US$: Agriculture value added per worker is a measure of agricultural productivity. Value added in agriculture measures the output of the agricultural sector (ISIC divisions 1-5) less the value of intermediate inputs. Agriculture comprises value added from forestry, hunting, and fishing as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.
  • Water productivity, total > Constant 2000 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal: Water productivity, total (constant 2000 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal). Water productivity is calculated as GDP in constant prices divided by annual total water withdrawal. GDP (Gross domestic product) is the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced within a country in a year.
  • Wine > Wine > Production > > tonnes: Production of wine by country in the year 2007. Figures are in tonnes
  • Wine > Wine > Production > > tonnes per 1000: Production of wine by country in the year 2007. Figures are in tonnes. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Workers per hectare: Workers per hectare of cropland 2000. Agricultural labor intensity, number of workers per hectare shows the labor input intensity of agricultural systems. It is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the number of hectares of arable and permanent cropland. Values vary widely among countries according to labor scarcity, production technologies, costs of energy and machinery, etc.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Agricultural growth 84 2007 185th out of 204
Agricultural growth per capita 83 Int. $ 2007 179th out of 204
Agricultural land > Sq. km 81,520 sq. km 2011 79th out of 206
Agricultural land > Sq. km > Per capita 7.73 per 1,000 people 2007 62nd out of 196
Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000 7.21 sq. km 2011 67th out of 206
Agricultural machinery > Tractors 255,000 2003 23th out of 188
Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita 23.13 per 1,000 people 2003 15th out of 188
Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land 945.14 2003 19th out of 186
Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000 23.13 2003 12th out of 184
Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,622.4 2010 77th out of 136
Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 320.35 2010 82nd out of 136
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,107.1 2010 71st out of 136
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 274.78 2010 71st out of 136
Value added > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita 590.41$ per capita 2005 6th out of 136
Value added > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 46.53$ per $1,000 of GDP 2005 106th out of 137
Agriculture, value added > Current US$ $1.39 billion 1969 18th out of 77
Agriculture, value added > Current US$ per capita $158.13 1969 5th out of 77
Arable land > Hectares 2.63 million hectares 2005 32nd out of 75
Arable land > Hectares > Per capita 236.58 hectares per 1,000 peop 2005 32nd out of 75
Arable land > Hectares per 1000 236.58 hectares 2005 31st out of 74
Arable land > Hectares per capita 0.221 2011 67th out of 204
Area > Rice 20,000 2004 23th out of 23
Cereal yield > Kg per hectare 4,388.5 2008 31st out of 168
Cotton > Exports 1,175 thousand bales 2004 4th out of 109
Cotton use 650 thousand bales 2004 17th out of 109
Cultivable land > Hectares 2.55 million 2007 71st out of 194
Cultivable land > Hectares per person 0.23 2007 60th out of 195
Farm machinery > Tractors 259,300 2007 20th out of 186
Farm machinery > Tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land 1,017.66 2007 19th out of 184
Farm workers 667,000 2008 83th out of 194
Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land 1,490.61 100 g/ha of arable land 2002 42nd out of 166
Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons 405,000 metric tons 2002 38th out of 166
Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000 36.86 metric tons 2002 21st out of 163
Fertilizer use 118.7 kg 2000 33th out of 138
Fertilizer use > Kg per ha of arable land 91.58 2007 70th out of 150
Fertilizer use > Metric tons 424,555 2006 37th out of 139
Gross value added 7.39 billion 2012 52nd out of 205
Gross value added per capita 655.1 2012 32nd out of 202
Land > Arable land and Permanent crops 3.68 million ha 2007 58th out of 212
Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000 0.744 2010 92nd out of 137
Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 452.6 2010 62nd out of 137
Olive oil > Annual per capita > Consumption 23.7 2005
Permanent crops 1.11 million hectares 2000 27th out of 181
Pesticide use 2.8 kg 2000 7th out of 45
Produce > Agricultural crop > Production 81 2007 172nd out of 186
Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons 4.44 million 2012 60th out of 180
Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000 393.73 2012 41st out of 180
Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare 4,667.65 2012 34th out of 178
Produce > Cereal > Production 102 thousand metric tons 2001 91st out of 149
Produce > Cotton > Production 1,700 2004 7th out of 109
Produce > Crop > Production index 93.4% 2004 162nd out of 181
Produce > Food > Production 87 2007 173th out of 189
Produce > Food > Production index 95.3% 2004 165th out of 181
Produce > Live stock > Production index 95 2007 159th out of 187
Produce > Livestock > Production index 96.8% 2004 158th out of 180
Produce > Meat > Production 512 thousand metric tons 2001 49th out of 149
Produce > Meat > Production per million 46.76 thousand metric tons 2001 37th out of 149
Products wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products 2010
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters 58 2011 73th out of 176
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million 5.13 2011 67th out of 176
Rural population 28,408 2030 117th out of 223
Rural population per thousand people 3.27 2010 127th out of 215
Tractors 243,000 2000 21st out of 147
Tractors per 1000 22.26 2000 15th out of 146
Value 6.97 billion 2009 28th out of 119
Value added 7.63 2000 10th out of 21
Value added per worker > Constant 2000 US$ 9,476.04 constant 2000 US$ 2004 29th out of 151
Water productivity, total > Constant 2000 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal $23.63 2011 68th out of 169
Wine > Wine > Production > > tonnes 400,409 tonnes 2008 14th out of 24
Wine > Wine > Production > > tonnes per 1000 35.63 tonnes 2008 12th out of 24
Workers per hectare 0.2 2000 106th out of 148

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  • Greece ranked first for produce > cotton > production amongst European Union in 2004.

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Greece is a fairly small country, but Greek land is rich and fertile. An example of Greek’s fertile land is the cotton industry. Greece was the 7th bigger producer of cotton out of 108 countries in 2004, reaching the first position in cotton production per million people (153.68 thousand bales per million people). About 64.24% of total Greek land area is agricultural. The arable and permanent cropland per million people is 353.01 thousand hectares. This is why there are many tractors in Greece (255,000).The number seems pretty small, but there is one tractor for every five citizens (23.13 per 1,000 people at 2003). However, there are very few agricultural workers (0.2 per hectare). It seems that Greek farmers rely mostly on technology than manpower. Greek farmers seem to respect the environment, as they keep gas emissions low (3,107.1 thousand metric tons of NO2 and 3,622.4 thousand metric tons of methane emissions).

Greek products are sold worldwide, but organic cropland is not the most preferred farming option. Except cotton, there are many popular Greek agricultural products. Greek olive oil and olives are some of the finest products found in the world and consumers agree. Greek wine is also a beloved product, and Greek producers are encouraged to grow wine grapes by the Agricultural Ministry. Greece produces 400,409 tons of wine, receiving the 14th position out of 24 countries. Greek cereals such as rice, wheat, corn and barley is pretty easy to grow and farmers prefer this type of farming. Finally, Greece also produces sugar beets, tomatoes, tobacco and potatoes in a lower scale. Greece is also a respectable producer of beef and dairy products. The value of Greek products is almost $7 billion (6.97 billion), receiving the 28th place out of 119 countries.

Posted on 09 Apr 2014

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