Olives — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Olives — Area harvested was 1.08 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Olives — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — area harvested in Italy is 1.08 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Italy peaked at 1.39 million ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 1.08 million ha, in 2022.
That places Italy 4th out of 63 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.25 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.35 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.20 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.12 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.17 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Italy?
- Olives — area harvested in Italy was 1.08 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 million ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.08 million ha in 2022.
- How does Italy rank for olives — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 4th out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.