Egypt vs South America: Olives — Area harvested
Olives — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 176,760 ha against 117,744 ha in Egypt, a difference of 59,016 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.5 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Egypt ranks 10th and South America ranks 11th of 60 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and South America in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,056 ha | 2,972 ha | 83.89 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 2,204 ha | 3,385 ha | 1,181 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 5,076 ha | 20,949 ha | 15,874 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 22,755 ha | 38,135 ha | 15,380 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 47,854 ha | 61,845 ha | 13,992 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 71,638 ha | 151,976 ha | 80,337 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 111,290 ha | 177,337 ha | 66,047 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — area harvested, Egypt or South America?
- South America, at 176,760 ha against 117,744 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — area harvested between Egypt and South America?
- 59,016 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and South America rank globally for olives — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 10th and South America ranks 11th 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.