Olives — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Olives — Area harvested was 848,400 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Greece, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 848,400 ha for olives — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Greece peaked at 963,120 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 678,000 ha, in 1988.
Greece ranks 5th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 718,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 721,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 726,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 678,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 684,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 691,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 705,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 713,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 718,514 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 725,718 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 729,344 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 741,568 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 749,090 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 758,138 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 771,980 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 780,357 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 787,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 793,449 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 790,840 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 794,160 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 797,321 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 796,972 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 795,724 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 797,906 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 801,533 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 806,451 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 807,567 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 807,696 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 796,674 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 818,285 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 821,206 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 797,820 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 792,643 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 963,120 ha | +21.5% |
| 2019 | 903,080 ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 906,020 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 826,390 ha | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 846,660 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 840,620 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 848,400 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 705,400 ha | 678,000 ha | 726,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 730,335 ha | 691,000 ha | 771,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 793,576 ha | 780,357 ha | 801,533 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 831,454 ha | 792,643 ha | 963,120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 853,618 ha | 826,390 ha | 906,020 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 2 Tunisia 1.87 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 913,319 ha compare
- 3 Morocco 1.24 million ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 681,220 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,142 ha compare
- 4 Italy 1.08 million ha compare
- 6 Algeria 474,116 ha compare
- 7 Portugal 380,780 ha compare
- 8 Libya 185,238 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Greece?
- Olives — area harvested in Greece was 848,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 963,120 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 678,000 ha in 1988.
- How does Greece rank for olives — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 5th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.