Olives — Area harvested in France
France: Olives — Area harvested was 16,310 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Olives — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in France stood at 16,310 ha.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in France peaked at 44,756 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 13,514 ha, in 1993.
France ranks 23rd of 60 countries on this measure, 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 France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,756 ha | — |
| 1962 | 42,191 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 40,753 ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 36,348 ha | -10.8% |
| 1965 | 34,482 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 34,400 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 29,405 ha | -14.5% |
| 1968 | 30,855 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 31,139 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 31,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 31,317 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 29,890 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 29,315 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 29,590 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 29,715 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 29,890 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 29,710 ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 29,843 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 26,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1980 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 23,565 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | -15.1% |
| 1983 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 18,318 ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 17,813 ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 17,542 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 17,388 ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 15,915 ha | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 15,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 15,412 ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 15,216 ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 14,977 ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 13,514 ha | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 14,911 ha | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 15,090 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 14,992 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 14,020 ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 14,263 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 15,313 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 15,558 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 15,889 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 17,037 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 17,353 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 17,813 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 18,339 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 18,805 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 18,853 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 18,851 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 18,961 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 16,875 ha | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 16,945 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 17,055 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 17,174 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 17,214 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 17,326 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 17,379 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 17,379 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 17,720 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 16,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 17,010 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 17,180 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 16,790 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 16,310 ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,037 ha | 29,405 ha | 44,756 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,627 ha | 26,000 ha | 31,317 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,014 ha | 15,600 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,771 ha | 13,514 ha | 15,412 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,746 ha | 15,558 ha | 18,961 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,247 ha | 16,875 ha | 17,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,798 ha | 16,310 ha | 17,180 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in France?
- Olives — area harvested in France was 16,310 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 44,756 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,514 ha in 1993.
- How does France rank for olives — area harvested?
- France ranks 23rd out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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.