Olive oil — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Olive oil — Production was 23,500 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olive oil — production in Australia and New Zealand is 23,500 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 17.5% on the previous year and up 132.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 23,500 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43.74 t, in 1987.
That places Australia and New Zealand 13th out of 35 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 97.2 t | — |
| 1962 | 86.22 t | -11.3% |
| 1963 | 95.04 t | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 146.43 t | +54.1% |
| 1965 | 95.22 t | -35.0% |
| 1966 | 158.58 t | +66.5% |
| 1967 | 118.26 t | -25.4% |
| 1968 | 197.01 t | +66.6% |
| 1969 | 201.87 t | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 174.51 t | -13.6% |
| 1971 | 203.04 t | +16.3% |
| 1972 | 205.47 t | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 225.27 t | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 226.89 t | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 178.11 t | -21.5% |
| 1976 | 282.96 t | +58.9% |
| 1977 | 178.29 t | -37.0% |
| 1978 | 245.16 t | +37.5% |
| 1979 | 270 t | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 138.33 t | -48.8% |
| 1981 | 138.33 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 250.92 t | +81.4% |
| 1983 | 78.12 t | -68.9% |
| 1984 | 132.75 t | +69.9% |
| 1985 | 136.8 t | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 115.56 t | -15.5% |
| 1987 | 43.74 t | -62.1% |
| 1988 | 53.73 t | +22.8% |
| 1989 | 47.07 t | -12.4% |
| 1990 | 48.06 t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 61.56 t | +28.1% |
| 1992 | 83.97 t | +36.4% |
| 1993 | 72.09 t | -14.1% |
| 1994 | 84.24 t | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 81 t | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 72 t | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 57.78 t | -19.7% |
| 1998 | 103 t | +78.3% |
| 1999 | 216.36 t | +110.1% |
| 2000 | 125.73 t | -41.9% |
| 2001 | 213.3 t | +69.6% |
| 2002 | 162 t | -24.1% |
| 2003 | 287.19 t | +77.3% |
| 2004 | 588.69 t | +105.0% |
| 2005 | 2,074 t | +252.3% |
| 2006 | 1,898 t | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 2,571 t | +35.4% |
| 2008 | 5,400 t | +110.1% |
| 2009 | 5,639 t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 18,000 t | +219.2% |
| 2011 | 17,700 t | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 14,700 t | -16.9% |
| 2013 | 10,100 t | -31.3% |
| 2014 | 14,200 t | +40.6% |
| 2015 | 19,600 t | +38.0% |
| 2016 | 20,100 t | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 21,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 20,800 t | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 18,700 t | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 10,200 t | -45.5% |
| 2021 | 22,600 t | +121.6% |
| 2022 | 20,000 t | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 23,500 t | +17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132.87 t | 86.22 t | 201.87 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 218.97 t | 174.51 t | 282.96 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 113.54 t | 43.74 t | 250.92 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.01 t | 48.06 t | 216.36 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,896 t | 125.73 t | 5,639 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,490 t | 10,100 t | 21,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,075 t | 10,200 t | 23,500 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is olive oil — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Olive oil — production in Australia and New Zealand was 23,500 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 23,500 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.74 t in 1987.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for olive oil — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th out of 35 countries with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 132.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.