Olives — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Olives — Area harvested was 5,842 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Mexico stood at 5,842 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 61.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 9,452 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,475 ha, in 1989.
Mexico ranks 27th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,708 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 2,794 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 2,895 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 3,107 ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 3,126 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 3,378 ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 3,593 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 3,667 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 3,705 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 3,240 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 4,479 ha | +38.2% |
| 1973 | 4,449 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 5,492 ha | +23.4% |
| 1975 | 5,596 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,570 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 5,299 ha | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 6,903 ha | +30.3% |
| 1979 | 6,767 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 6,599 ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 2,676 ha | -59.4% |
| 1982 | 4,164 ha | +55.6% |
| 1983 | 4,058 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 4,012 ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 4,505 ha | +12.3% |
| 1986 | 4,445 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 4,581 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 4,669 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 2,475 ha | -47.0% |
| 1990 | 3,780 ha | +52.7% |
| 1991 | 3,809 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 4,722 ha | +24.0% |
| 1993 | 5,120 ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 4,917 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 6,060 ha | +23.2% |
| 1996 | 3,542 ha | -41.6% |
| 1997 | 5,760 ha | +62.6% |
| 1998 | 6,072 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 4,469 ha | -26.4% |
| 2000 | 4,327 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 4,625 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 4,860 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 4,067 ha | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 3,860 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 3,627 ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 3,218 ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 4,112 ha | +27.8% |
| 2008 | 5,111 ha | +24.3% |
| 2009 | 3,292 ha | -35.6% |
| 2010 | 6,818 ha | +107.1% |
| 2011 | 3,538 ha | -48.1% |
| 2012 | 6,581 ha | +86.0% |
| 2013 | 6,916 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 3,624 ha | -47.6% |
| 2015 | 2,896 ha | -20.1% |
| 2016 | 5,094 ha | +75.9% |
| 2017 | 3,029 ha | -40.5% |
| 2018 | 5,200 ha | +71.7% |
| 2019 | 5,460 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 8,253 ha | +51.2% |
| 2021 | 9,452 ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 4,282 ha | -54.7% |
| 2023 | 5,249 ha | +22.6% |
| 2024 | 5,842 ha | +11.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 5,842 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 82% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 5,842 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,842 ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +107.1% | 3,292 ha | 6,818 ha |
| 2012 | +86.0% | 3,538 ha | 6,581 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,096 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,667 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,150 ha | 3,240 ha | 6,903 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,218 ha | 2,475 ha | 6,599 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,825 ha | 3,542 ha | 6,072 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,110 ha | 3,218 ha | 5,111 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,916 ha | 2,896 ha | 6,916 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,616 ha | 4,282 ha | 9,452 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 24 Cyprus 11,450 ha compare
- 25 Azerbaijan 8,742 ha compare
- 26 Iraq 7,115 ha compare
- 28 El Salvador 5,775 ha compare
- 29 North Macedonia 5,356 ha compare
- 30 Uruguay 5,347 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Mexico?
- Olives — area harvested in Mexico was 5,842 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 9,452 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,475 ha in 1989.
- How does Mexico rank for olives — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 27th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.