Olives — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Olives — Area harvested was 205,779 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — area harvested in Americas is 205,779 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Americas peaked at 215,783 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 18,814 ha, in 1966.
That places Americas 10th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,310 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,713 ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 20,839 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 19,495 ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 18,987 ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 18,814 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 19,268 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 19,161 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 19,520 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 19,741 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 19,904 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 21,821 ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 22,590 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 23,890 ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 24,683 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 25,788 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 26,998 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 30,817 ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 30,710 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 30,518 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 25,941 ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 28,088 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 28,484 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 28,219 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 55,889 ha | +98.1% |
| 1986 | 57,923 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 56,789 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 68,952 ha | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 53,954 ha | -21.8% |
| 1990 | 58,501 ha | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 69,056 ha | +18.0% |
| 1992 | 50,296 ha | -27.2% |
| 1993 | 56,919 ha | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 57,909 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 60,768 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 57,473 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 62,043 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 58,131 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 60,671 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 70,267 ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 65,314 ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 67,279 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 70,413 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 81,111 ha | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 86,365 ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 91,840 ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 97,926 ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 103,489 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 99,057 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 179,183 ha | +80.9% |
| 2011 | 144,450 ha | -19.4% |
| 2012 | 189,721 ha | +31.3% |
| 2013 | 143,300 ha | -24.5% |
| 2014 | 186,211 ha | +29.9% |
| 2015 | 183,602 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 156,053 ha | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 215,783 ha | +38.3% |
| 2018 | 186,484 ha | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 193,481 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 192,421 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 210,984 ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 211,098 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 210,006 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 205,779 ha | -2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Americas 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 | +98.1% | 28,219 ha | 55,889 ha |
| 2010 | +80.9% | 99,057 ha | 179,183 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,567 ha | 18,814 ha | 20,839 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,694 ha | 19,741 ha | 30,817 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,476 ha | 25,941 ha | 68,952 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,177 ha | 50,296 ha | 69,056 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,306 ha | 65,314 ha | 103,489 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 177,827 ha | 143,300 ha | 215,783 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 206,058 ha | 192,421 ha | 211,098 ha | 5 |
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Americas?
- Olives — area harvested in Americas was 205,779 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 215,783 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,814 ha in 1966.
- How does Americas rank for olives — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas 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.