Asia vs Greece: Olives — Area harvested
Olives — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Greece
How they compare
Asia currently reports 1.89 million ha against 848,400 ha in Greece, a difference of 1.04 million ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.2 times Greece's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 5th and Greece ranks 5th of 17 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 948,312 ha | 705,400 ha | 242,912 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 1.18 million ha | 730,335 ha | 446,435 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 1.50 million ha | 793,576 ha | 705,389 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 1.80 million ha | 831,454 ha | 965,295 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 1.88 million ha | 853,618 ha | 1.03 million ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — area harvested, Asia or Greece?
- Asia, at 1.89 million ha against 848,400 ha in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — area harvested between Asia and Greece?
- 1.04 million ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Greece?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Greece rank globally for olives — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 5th and Greece ranks 5th of 17 groups.
- 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.