Olives — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Olives — Area harvested was 51,115 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Albania stood at 51,115 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Albania peaked at 51,115 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18,600 ha, in 1961.
Albania ranks 14th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 21,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 22,900 ha | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 25,100 ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 26,400 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 29,800 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 31,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 32,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 36,400 ha | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 36,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 37,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 39,800 ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 40,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 43,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 42,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 43,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 43,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 43,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 43,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | -31.4% |
| 1985 | 44,000 ha | +46.7% |
| 1986 | 44,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 44,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 44,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 44,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 45,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 44,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 44,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 44,011 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 43,679 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 32,600 ha | -25.4% |
| 2001 | 26,396 ha | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 28,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 33,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 33,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 28,500 ha | -14.9% |
| 2006 | 35,000 ha | +22.8% |
| 2007 | 25,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 2008 | 45,000 ha | +80.0% |
| 2009 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 34,242 ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 29,355 ha | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 36,259 ha | +23.5% |
| 2013 | 37,941 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 39,964 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 41,504 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 38,889 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 45,426 ha | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 46,378 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 47,136 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 48,102 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 48,723 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 49,476 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 50,404 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 51,115 ha | +1.4% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 51,115 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 7.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +80.0% | 25,000 ha | 45,000 ha |
| 1985 | +46.7% | 30,000 ha | 44,000 ha |
| 1984 | -31.4% | 43,700 ha | 30,000 ha |
| 2007 | -28.6% | 35,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,267 ha | 18,600 ha | 32,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,190 ha | 36,400 ha | 44,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,550 ha | 30,000 ha | 44,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,569 ha | 43,679 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,760 ha | 25,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,709 ha | 29,355 ha | 47,136 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,564 ha | 48,102 ha | 51,115 ha | 5 |
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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 olives — area harvested in Albania?
- Olives — area harvested in Albania was 51,115 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 51,115 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Albania rank for olives — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 14th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Olives — Area harvested. 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.