Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Greece
Greece: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 0.6% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Greece, 1995–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.6% for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 61.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Greece peaked at 2.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2018.
Greece ranks 75th of 118 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.2% | — |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -75.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +39.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +63.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -51.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +46.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -40.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +75.0% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +67.0% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +37.9% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +45.5% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -28.8% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +29.1% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -29.8% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -23.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -85.1% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +508.4% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -36.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -4.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +508.4% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,053 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 39.78 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 39.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Greece?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Greece was 0.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2018.
- How does Greece rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Greece ranks 75th out of 118 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.