Olives — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Olives — Area harvested was 11,450 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Olives — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — area harvested in Cyprus is 11,450 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 21,405 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5,351 ha, in 1978.
That places Cyprus 24th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,480 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 20,610 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 20,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 20,830 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 21,010 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 21,140 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 21,320 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 21,360 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 21,405 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 21,405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 21,405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,067 ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 10,702 ha | -46.7% |
| 1975 | 10,702 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,769 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 10,836 ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 5,351 ha | -50.6% |
| 1979 | 5,485 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 5,753 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 5,819 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 6,020 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 6,087 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 6,288 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 6,288 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,288 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,287 ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,100 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 6,050 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 5,750 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 5,770 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 6,100 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 6,600 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 6,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 7,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 7,800 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 8,600 ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 12,611 ha | +46.6% |
| 2004 | 12,935 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 13,740 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 14,867 ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 11,639 ha | -21.7% |
| 2008 | 10,475 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 12,019 ha | +14.7% |
| 2010 | 11,645 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 10,762 ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 10,465 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 10,653 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 10,889 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 10,012 ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 10,612 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 10,830 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 10,760 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 11,060 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 9,690 ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 9,980 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 10,590 ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 11,220 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 11,450 ha | +2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | -50.6% | 10,836 ha | 5,351 ha |
| 1974 | -46.7% | 20,067 ha | 10,702 ha |
| 2003 | +46.6% | 8,600 ha | 12,611 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,867 ha | 20,350 ha | 21,360 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,813 ha | 5,351 ha | 21,405 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,143 ha | 5,753 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,137 ha | 5,700 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,189 ha | 7,200 ha | 14,867 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,769 ha | 10,012 ha | 11,645 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,586 ha | 9,690 ha | 11,450 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Olives — area harvested in Cyprus was 11,450 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 21,405 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,351 ha in 1978.
- How does Cyprus rank for olives — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 24th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.