Olives — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Olives — Area harvested was 474,116 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 474,116 ha for olives — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 486,141 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Algeria ranks 6th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 97,260 ha | — |
| 1970 | 98,840 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 125,090 ha | +26.6% |
| 1972 | 146,300 ha | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 151,130 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 166,220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 175,910 ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 184,080 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 167,020 ha | -9.3% |
| 1978 | 171,220 ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 182,180 ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 179,540 ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 176,370 ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 176,880 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 184,260 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 161,260 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 162,740 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 164,630 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 161,680 ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 161,150 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 161,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 170,170 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 164,520 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 164,290 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 161,380 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 161,260 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 160,780 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 165,040 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 162,840 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 165,260 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 165,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 168,080 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 177,220 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 190,550 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 209,730 ha | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 226,337 ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 239,352 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 263,352 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 276,253 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 282,460 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 288,442 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 294,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 311,930 ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 328,884 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 348,196 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 383,443 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 406,571 ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 423,683 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 432,959 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 431,009 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 431,506 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 438,828 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 440,008 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 470,759 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 486,141 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 474,116 ha | -2.5% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 474,116 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 66.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 474,116 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 8.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +26.6% | 98,840 ha | 125,090 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,807 ha | 0 ha | 97,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 156,799 ha | 98,840 ha | 184,080 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 169,001 ha | 161,150 ha | 184,260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 164,114 ha | 160,780 ha | 170,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 232,178 ha | 168,080 ha | 288,442 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 379,238 ha | 294,200 ha | 432,959 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 461,970 ha | 438,828 ha | 486,141 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Algeria?
- Olives — area harvested in Algeria was 474,116 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 486,141 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for olives — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 6th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.