Olive oil — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Olive oil — Production was 3,700 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, olive oil — production in Western Europe stood at 3,700 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.5% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Western Europe peaked at 6,600 t in 2009 and was at its lowest, 148 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,385 t | 148 t | 3,796 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,939 t | 497 t | 3,186 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,510 t | 1,000 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,297 t | 1,600 t | 2,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,200 t | 2,800 t | 6,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,150 t | 2,000 t | 5,900 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,375 t | 3,700 t | 5,100 t | 4 |
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- Sheep — Stocks 9.61 million An (2024)
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- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,919 g/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 20,047 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.14 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olive oil — production in Western Europe?
- Olive oil — production in Western Europe was 3,700 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,600 t in 2009.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 148 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for olive oil — production?
- Western Europe ranks 17th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.