Animal performance recording and breeding in Greece aim at improving milk production of pure-bred cattle under intensive systems and of sheep and goats under semi-intensive or extensive production systems. Although milk recording was established in Greece by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1952, it is only since 1978 that it has been carried out more systematically on larger populations and in the frame of a more specific genetic improvement programme for each animal species and breed. For the application of this programme, close co-operation has been set up among the competent services of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Agricultural Universities of the country and the relevant farmers' organisations which are in the process of being established. Milk is recorded on 61 867 dairy cows (29% of the total dairy population) in 1 425 herds (average herd size 43 cows), 31 611 dairy sheep (0.36% of the total sheep population) in 429 flocks (average flock size 72 ewes) and 3 296 goats (0.06% of the total goats population) in 36 flocks (average flock size 92). The procedures of performance recording and the future planning, aiming at increasing the number of animals and the recorded traits as well as the supporting of the farmers in managing their herds/flocks, are presented.