Olives — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Olives — Area harvested was 117,744 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 117,744 ha for olives — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 93.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 117,744 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,660 ha, in 1978.
Egypt ranks 10th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | -32.5% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | +29.6% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | -34.3% |
| 1967 | 3,700 ha | +60.9% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | -32.4% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1972 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 1,680 ha | -37.8% |
| 1978 | 1,660 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 1,699 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 2,152 ha | +26.7% |
| 1981 | 2,226 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 2,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 2,520 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,980 ha | +216.7% |
| 1987 | 9,660 ha | +21.1% |
| 1988 | 9,240 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 9,660 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 9,050 ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 10,700 ha | +18.2% |
| 1992 | 22,683 ha | +112.0% |
| 1993 | 26,805 ha | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 20,121 ha | -24.9% |
| 1995 | 22,076 ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 23,445 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 24,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 43,669 ha | +74.7% |
| 2000 | 45,513 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 47,519 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 49,532 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 49,873 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 49,086 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 49,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 49,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 46,540 ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 46,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 46,274 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 50,161 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 52,668 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 57,551 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 61,711 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 60,837 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 69,707 ha | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 78,968 ha | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 91,826 ha | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 89,955 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 103,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 101,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 108,360 ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 112,657 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 116,687 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 117,744 ha | +0.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 117,744 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66,416 ha, 1.8× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 117,744 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 2.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +216.7% | 2,520 ha | 7,980 ha |
| 1992 | +112.0% | 10,700 ha | 22,683 ha |
| 1999 | +74.7% | 25,000 ha | 43,669 ha |
| 1967 | +60.9% | 2,300 ha | 3,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,056 ha | 2,300 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,204 ha | 1,660 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,076 ha | 2,152 ha | 9,660 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,755 ha | 9,050 ha | 43,669 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,854 ha | 45,513 ha | 49,873 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,638 ha | 50,161 ha | 103,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 111,290 ha | 101,000 ha | 117,744 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Egypt?
- Olives — area harvested in Egypt was 117,744 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 117,744 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,660 ha in 1978.
- How does Egypt rank for olives — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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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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.