Olives — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Olives — Area harvested was 1.24 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 1.24 million ha for olives — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 1.24 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 155,000 ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 3rd of 63 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 265,000 ha | 155,000 ha | 550,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 303,910 ha | 180,000 ha | 560,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 293,140 ha | 242,100 ha | 360,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 426,260 ha | 360,000 ha | 520,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 550,500 ha | 477,300 ha | 665,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 972,250 ha | 830,481 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture share gdp 10.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 36.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 310,110 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Morocco?
- Olives — area harvested in Morocco was 1.24 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 155,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for olives — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 3rd out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.