Olive oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Olive oil — Production was 1,064 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, olive oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 1,064 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 94.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1,064 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.83 t, in 1984.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olive oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 81.6 t | — |
| 1962 | 89.76 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 81.6 t | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 89.76 t | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 81.6 t | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 89.76 t | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 81.6 t | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 97.92 t | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 81.6 t | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 97.92 t | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 81.6 t | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 97.92 t | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 77.76 t | -20.6% |
| 1974 | 106.08 t | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 81.6 t | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 90.18 t | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 112.2 t | +24.4% |
| 1978 | 107.63 t | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 73.44 t | -31.8% |
| 1980 | 95.47 t | +30.0% |
| 1981 | 81.6 t | -14.5% |
| 1982 | 65.28 t | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 40.8 t | -37.5% |
| 1984 | 15.83 t | -61.2% |
| 1985 | 65.52 t | +313.9% |
| 1986 | 163.28 t | +149.2% |
| 1987 | 73.44 t | -55.0% |
| 1988 | 87.31 t | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 65.28 t | -25.2% |
| 1990 | 89.76 t | +37.5% |
| 1991 | 73.44 t | -18.2% |
| 1992 | 89.76 t | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 73.44 t | -18.2% |
| 1994 | 89.76 t | +22.2% |
| 1995 | 73.44 t | -18.2% |
| 1996 | 89.76 t | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 73.44 t | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 89.76 t | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 73.44 t | -18.2% |
| 2000 | 89.76 t | +22.2% |
| 2001 | 73.44 t | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 89.76 t | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 195.84 t | +118.2% |
| 2004 | 208.08 t | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 221.3 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 129.91 t | -41.3% |
| 2007 | 129.91 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 473.28 t | +264.3% |
| 2009 | 734.4 t | +55.2% |
| 2010 | 595.68 t | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 538.56 t | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 538.56 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 545.93 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 658.42 t | +20.6% |
| 2015 | 711.37 t | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 740.9 t | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 763.25 t | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 812.16 t | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 833.25 t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 724.09 t | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 1,043 t | +44.0% |
| 2022 | 1,050 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,064 t | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olive oil — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +313.9% | 15.83 t | 65.52 t |
| 2008 | +264.3% | 129.91 t | 473.28 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.13 t | 81.6 t | 97.92 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 92.63 t | 73.44 t | 112.2 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.38 t | 15.83 t | 163.28 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.6 t | 73.44 t | 89.76 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 234.57 t | 73.44 t | 734.4 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 673.81 t | 538.56 t | 833.25 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 970.27 t | 724.09 t | 1,064 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 2 Italy 359,540 t compare
- 2 Türkiye 234,515 t compare
- 3 Greece 228,850 t compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 89,257 t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,863 t compare
- 4 Tunisia 210,000 t compare
- 5 Portugal 175,529 t compare
- 6 Morocco 120,200 t compare
- 7 Algeria 81,300 t compare
- 8 Egypt 40,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olive oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Olive oil — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1,064 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,064 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.83 t in 1984.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for olive oil — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th out of 5 groups with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.