Asia vs Greece: Olives — Production
Olives — Production over time
- Asia
- Greece
How they compare
Asia currently reports 5.62 million t against 2.50 million t in Greece, a difference of 3.12 million t.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.2 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 39 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Greece ahead.
Asia ranks 5th and Greece ranks 3rd of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 3 and Greece in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 827,924 t | 947,681 t | 119,758 t | Greece |
| 1970s | 960,925 t | 1.17 million t | 208,118 t | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.25 million t | 1.56 million t | 312,428 t | Greece |
| 1990s | 1.69 million t | 1.98 million t | 291,871 t | Greece |
| 2000s | 2.61 million t | 2.42 million t | 190,126 t | Asia |
| 2010s | 3.23 million t | 2.67 million t | 561,344 t | Asia |
| 2020s | 3.68 million t | 2.95 million t | 731,920 t | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — production, Asia or Greece?
- Asia, at 5.62 million t against 2.50 million t in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — production between Asia and Greece?
- 3.12 million t, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Greece?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Asia and Greece rank globally for olives — production?
- Asia ranks 5th and Greece ranks 3rd of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Olives — Production. 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.