Olive oil — Production in Albania
Albania: Olive oil — Production was 28,500 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Albania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Albania recorded 28,500 t for olive oil — production in 2023.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 171.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Albania peaked at 29,000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 597 t, in 1999.
Albania ranks 11th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olive oil — Production in Albania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,056 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,582 t | +74.2% |
| 1963 | 3,411 t | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 8,010 t | +134.8% |
| 1965 | 3,750 t | -53.2% |
| 1966 | 4,050 t | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 4,150 t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 3,500 t | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 1,571 t | -55.1% |
| 1971 | 4,500 t | +186.4% |
| 1972 | 4,800 t | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 7,000 t | +45.8% |
| 1974 | 6,100 t | -12.9% |
| 1975 | 6,700 t | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 6,200 t | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 7,700 t | +24.2% |
| 1978 | 5,000 t | -35.1% |
| 1979 | 5,400 t | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 4,825 t | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 3,500 t | -27.5% |
| 1982 | 2,400 t | -31.4% |
| 1983 | 6,800 t | +183.3% |
| 1984 | 3,000 t | -55.9% |
| 1985 | 4,200 t | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 2,164 t | -48.5% |
| 1987 | 4,700 t | +117.2% |
| 1988 | 3,594 t | -23.5% |
| 1989 | 4,000 t | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 1,246 t | -68.8% |
| 1991 | 4,000 t | +221.0% |
| 1992 | 1,900 t | -52.5% |
| 1993 | 3,100 t | +63.2% |
| 1994 | 3,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 4,500 t | +40.6% |
| 1996 | 3,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 2,960 t | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,000 t | -66.2% |
| 1999 | 597 t | -40.3% |
| 2000 | 1,175 t | +96.8% |
| 2001 | 1,345 t | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 1,400 t | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 1,261 t | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 900 t | -28.6% |
| 2005 | 800 t | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,000 t | +900.0% |
| 2011 | 7,000 t | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 12,000 t | +71.4% |
| 2013 | 10,500 t | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 11,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 10,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 11,500 t | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 11,000 t | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 12,500 t | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 11,500 t | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 13,000 t | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 16,500 t | +26.9% |
| 2022 | 29,000 t | +75.8% |
| 2023 | 28,500 t | -1.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 28,500 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,588 t, 17.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Albania's 28,500 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,500 t, 6.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olive oil — Production in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +900.0% | 800 t | 8,000 t |
| 1991 | +221.0% | 1,246 t | 4,000 t |
| 1971 | +186.4% | 1,571 t | 4,500 t |
| 1983 | +183.3% | 2,400 t | 6,800 t |
| 1964 | +134.8% | 3,411 t | 8,010 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,057 t | 2,056 t | 8,010 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,497 t | 1,571 t | 7,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,918 t | 2,164 t | 6,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,550 t | 597 t | 4,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,008 t | 800 t | 1,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,500 t | 7,000 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,750 t | 13,000 t | 29,000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olive oil — production in Albania?
- Olive oil — production in Albania was 28,500 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 29,000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 597 t in 1999.
- How does Albania rank for olive oil — production?
- Albania ranks 11th out of 35 countries with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 171.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Olive oil — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.