Italy vs Western Asia: Olives — Area harvested
Olives — Area harvested over time
- Italy
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 1.85 million ha against 1.08 million ha in Italy, a difference of 769,040 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.7 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 4th and Western Asia ranks 8th of 60 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Western Asia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.25 million ha | 639,281 ha | 610,719 ha | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.35 million ha | 738,435 ha | 615,035 ha | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.20 million ha | 891,356 ha | 306,788 ha | Italy |
| 1990s | 1.12 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 50,479 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 1.17 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 304,193 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 1.15 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 605,579 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 1.10 million ha | 1.84 million ha | 740,344 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — area harvested, Italy or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 1.85 million ha against 1.08 million ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — area harvested between Italy and Western Asia?
- 769,040 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Western Asia rank globally for olives — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 4th and Western Asia ranks 8th 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.