Olives — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Olives — Area harvested was 32,889 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 32,889 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 53,095 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1990.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 16th of 60 countries on this measure, 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,088 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,018 ha | -6.4% |
| 1963 | 1,045 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 1,088 ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 1,109 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 1,108 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 862 ha | -22.2% |
| 1968 | 1,293 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 1,264 ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 1,296 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1979 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1988 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 513 ha | -14.5% |
| 1994 | 595 ha | +16.0% |
| 1995 | 571 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 550 ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 450 ha | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 1,200 ha | +140.0% |
| 2000 | 763 ha | -36.4% |
| 2001 | 1,454 ha | +90.6% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | -31.2% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 3,150 ha | +110.0% |
| 2005 | 11,000 ha | +249.2% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 2007 | 27,000 ha | +35.0% |
| 2008 | 28,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 30,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 41,000 ha | +36.7% |
| 2011 | 42,010 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 45,228 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 41,949 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 29,245 ha | -30.3% |
| 2015 | 36,726 ha | +25.6% |
| 2016 | 37,508 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 52,586 ha | +40.2% |
| 2018 | 38,213 ha | -27.3% |
| 2019 | 36,314 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 20,143 ha | -44.5% |
| 2021 | 53,095 ha | +163.6% |
| 2022 | 31,482 ha | -40.7% |
| 2023 | 40,758 ha | +29.5% |
| 2024 | 32,889 ha | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,097 ha | 862 ha | 1,293 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,320 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 870 ha | 400 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 567.9 ha | 300 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,447 ha | 763 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,078 ha | 29,245 ha | 52,586 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,673 ha | 20,143 ha | 53,095 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Olives — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 32,889 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 53,095 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1990.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for olives — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 16th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.