Algeria vs Morocco: Olives — Area harvested
Olives — Area harvested over time
- Algeria
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 1.24 million ha against 474,116 ha in Algeria, a difference of 764,704 ha.
That makes Morocco's figure about 2.6 times Algeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Morocco has been ahead every year.
Algeria ranks 6th and Morocco ranks 3rd of 60 countries.
Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,807 ha | 265,000 ha | 254,193 ha | Morocco |
| 1970s | 156,799 ha | 303,910 ha | 147,111 ha | Morocco |
| 1980s | 169,001 ha | 293,140 ha | 124,139 ha | Morocco |
| 1990s | 164,114 ha | 426,260 ha | 262,146 ha | Morocco |
| 2000s | 232,178 ha | 550,500 ha | 318,322 ha | Morocco |
| 2010s | 379,238 ha | 972,250 ha | 593,012 ha | Morocco |
| 2020s | 461,970 ha | 1.15 million ha | 692,658 ha | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — area harvested, Algeria or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 1.24 million ha against 474,116 ha in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — area harvested between Algeria and Morocco?
- 764,704 ha, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Morocco?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Morocco rank globally for olives — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 6th and Morocco ranks 3rd of 60 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Olives — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.