Official open data
Cretan cheese in numbers
How much cheese, yogurt and milk Crete produces each year, by product and regional unit, from the dairies' own declarations to ELGO-DIMITRA, the Greek state agricultural organisation (ELGO-DIMITRA, 2026a, 2026b).
Figures are in tonnes (1 t = 1,000 kg). 2026 covers January to August only and is shown lighter.
Protected Designation of Origin
The four Cretan PDO cheeses
Certified PDO production per year. Each cheese has its own scale, because Graviera Kritis is made in far larger quantities than the other three.
All cheeses, PDO or not
Cheese by type
All cheese declared by dairies in Crete, grouped as ELGO-DIMITRA reports it. Hard and semi-hard cheeses include graviera and kefalotyri; whey cheeses are made from the whey left over from cheesemaking, such as myzithra, anthotyros and xinomyzithra.
Other dairy products
Yogurt and butter
Where it all starts
Sheep and goat milk
Raw milk delivered by Cretan farmers to dairies.
All figures
The same data as a table, in tonnes, for the selection above.
References
- ELGO-DIMITRA. (2026a). Diacheirisi stoicheion paragomenon proionton [Management of data on dairy products produced; Dataset, monthly, 2020 to 2026]. data.gov.gr. https://data.gov.gr/dataset/diacheirisi-stoicheion-paragomenon-proionton
- ELGO-DIMITRA. (2026b). Diacheirisi stoicheion paragogis nopoy galaktos [Management of data on raw milk production; Dataset, monthly, 2020 to 2026]. data.gov.gr. https://data.gov.gr/dataset/diacheirisi-stoicheion-paragogis-nopoy-galaktos
Data retrieved 15 November 2026 and summed from monthly figures per regional unit. Quantities are as declared by dairies; small differences from other published totals are possible.