Commodity Origins

What does Greece produce and export?

Greece ranks in the top ten producers of 2 commodities: olive oil (#4, 8.7% of world output in 2023), cotton (#10, 1.2% of world output in 2023). It is a top-ten exporter of olive oil (#5, 6.2% of world export value in 2024), plantains (#5, 4.5% of world export value in 2024), oranges (#6, 3.7% of world export value in 2024), cotton (#7, 2.7% of world export value in 2024).

Where greece is produced, 2023World map shaded by share of greece production in 2023. Darkest: Greece 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: 100% (1)Turkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2023. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Greece produce?

Commodities where Greece is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Olive oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils48.7%228,850 t2023FAOSTAT
Cotton Fibres & other raw materials101.2%305,000 t2023FAOSTAT

What does Greece export?

Top 4 Greece commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 4 Greece commodity exports in 2024: Olive oil 6.2%, Cotton 2.7%, Oranges 3.7%, Plantains 4.5%; rest of world 83%.Olive oilOlive oil: 6.2%, $1 billion6.2%CottonCotton: 2.7%, $464.9 million2.7%OrangesOranges: 3.7%, $203.6 million3.7%PlantainsPlantains: 4.5%, $49.7 million4.5%Rest of worldRest of world: 83%, $083%
Greece's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Greece's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Greece dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 4 Greece commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Olive oil$1 billion6.2%
2Cotton$464.9 million2.7%
3Oranges$203.6 million3.7%
4Plantains$49.7 million4.5%
Rest of world$083%

Greece's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Greece's own $3.8 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Cheese alone is 28% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Greece compares with other countries.

Greece's tracked export mix by commodityCheese: 27.8%; Olive oil: 26.4%; Other tracked commodities: 21.1%; Cotton: 12.2%; Wheat: 6.5%; Tobacco: 6.0%.Cheese: 27.8%Cheese27.8%Olive oil: 26.4%Olive oil26.4%Other tracked commodities: 21.1%Other tracked co…21.1%Cotton: 12.2%Cotton12.2%Wheat: 6.5%Wheat6.5%Tobacco: 6.0%Tobacco6.0%
Commodities where Greece is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Olive oil56.2%$1 billion2024
Plantains54.5%$49.7 million2024
Oranges63.7%$203.6 million2024
Cotton72.7%$464.9 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Greece commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Greece is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Greece in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Greece, computed from the same data as this page.

What Greece uses

Greece had about 10 million people and a food supply of 3,382 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Greece, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Corn2.3 million tonnes0.2%1.6 (#119 of 140)68%33%
Wheat2.0 million tonnes0.2%110 (#40 of 143)64%79%
Milk1.6 million tonnes0.1%257 (#13 of 142)120%156%
Potatoes683 thousand tonnes0.2%53 (#41 of 143)44%71%
Tomatoes540 thousand tonnes0.3%45 (#23 of 142)141%17%
Barley493 thousand tonnes0.4%1.3 (#39 of 141)77%25%
Oranges479 thousand tonnes0.4%25 (#31 of 140)213%7.8%
Grapes467 thousand tonnes0.6%16 (#10 of 143)121%5.1%

FAO reports a negative domestic supply for Greece's plantains (−3 thousand tonnes; production 0 tonnes, imports 2 thousand tonnes, exports 5 thousand tonnes), meaning exports exceed production plus imports in the year. These are not counted as use and are left out of the table above.

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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