Southern Europe vs Spain: Olives — Production
Olives — Production over time
- Southern Europe
- Spain
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 14.67 million t against 8.31 million t in Spain, a difference of 6.36 million t.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.8 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
Southern Europe ranks 3rd and Spain ranks 1st of 22 groups.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Europe | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.54 million t | 1.82 million t | 3.72 million t | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 6.21 million t | 2.16 million t | 4.05 million t | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 7.30 million t | 2.56 million t | 4.74 million t | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 8.63 million t | 3.50 million t | 5.13 million t | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 11.94 million t | 5.73 million t | 6.21 million t | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 12.82 million t | 6.81 million t | 6.01 million t | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 13.15 million t | 6.75 million t | 6.40 million t | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — production, Southern Europe or Spain?
- Southern Europe, at 14.67 million t against 8.31 million t in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — production between Southern Europe and Spain?
- 6.36 million t, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Europe and Spain rank globally for olives — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 3rd and Spain ranks 1st of 22 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.