Olives — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Olives — Area harvested was 33,700 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Israel stood at 33,700 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Israel peaked at 33,700 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Israel 15th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,400 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 10,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 10,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 10,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 10,300 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 9,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 10,070 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 10,430 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 11,350 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 12,240 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 9,500 ha | -22.4% |
| 1981 | 9,890 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 11,260 ha | +13.9% |
| 1983 | 12,860 ha | +14.2% |
| 1984 | 11,780 ha | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 11,390 ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 12,250 ha | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 12,480 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 12,470 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 12,400 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 12,650 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 12,989 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 13,130 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 12,970 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 13,920 ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 14,310 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 15,420 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 15,730 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 15,830 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 17,490 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 18,740 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 19,450 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 20,060 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 20,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 21,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 16,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 33,001 ha | +73.7% |
| 2011 | 22,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2012 | 33,700 ha | +53.2% |
| 2013 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 33,700 ha | +0.0% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 33,700 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 58% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +100.0% | 5,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 2010 | +73.7% | 19,000 ha | 33,001 ha |
| 2012 | +53.2% | 22,000 ha | 33,700 ha |
| 1962 | -50.0% | 10,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 2011 | -33.3% | 33,001 ha | 22,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,111 ha | 5,000 ha | 11,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,519 ha | 9,900 ha | 12,240 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,628 ha | 9,500 ha | 12,860 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,444 ha | 12,650 ha | 17,490 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,725 ha | 16,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,460 ha | 22,000 ha | 33,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,700 ha | 33,700 ha | 33,700 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Israel?
- Olives — area harvested in Israel was 33,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 33,700 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Israel rank for olives — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 15th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.