Greece vs Portugal: Olives — Area harvested
Olives — Area harvested over time
- Greece
- Portugal
How they compare
Greece currently reports 848,400 ha against 380,780 ha in Portugal, a difference of 467,620 ha.
That makes Greece's figure about 2.2 times Portugal's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 7th of 60 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 705,400 ha | 342,024 ha | 363,376 ha | Greece |
| 1990s | 730,335 ha | 341,563 ha | 388,772 ha | Greece |
| 2000s | 793,576 ha | 351,537 ha | 442,039 ha | Greece |
| 2010s | 831,454 ha | 354,568 ha | 476,886 ha | Greece |
| 2020s | 853,618 ha | 380,498 ha | 473,120 ha | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — area harvested, Greece or Portugal?
- Greece, at 848,400 ha against 380,780 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — area harvested between Greece and Portugal?
- 467,620 ha, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for olives — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 7th 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.