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 60 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 155,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 230,000 ha | +43.8% |
| 1964 | 200,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 300,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1966 | 270,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 170,000 ha | -37.0% |
| 1968 | 550,000 ha | +223.5% |
| 1969 | 350,000 ha | -36.4% |
| 1970 | 180,000 ha | -48.6% |
| 1971 | 560,000 ha | +211.1% |
| 1972 | 220,000 ha | -60.7% |
| 1973 | 280,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1974 | 294,700 ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 314,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 340,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 200,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 1978 | 220,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 430,000 ha | +95.5% |
| 1980 | 300,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 1981 | 242,100 ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 259,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 281,900 ha | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 286,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 293,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 301,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 274,200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 331,900 ha | +21.0% |
| 1989 | 360,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 365,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 360,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 395,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 412,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 430,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 415,200 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 418,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 426,600 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 520,000 ha | +21.9% |
| 1999 | 520,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 540,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 550,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 477,300 ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 481,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 590,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 2005 | 600,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 522,800 ha | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 530,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 547,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 665,400 ha | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 830,481 ha | +24.8% |
| 2011 | 900,743 ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 968,123 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 922,235 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 946,818 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.01 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.02 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.05 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.07 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.10 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 1.16 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.24 million ha | +6.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 1.24 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66,416 ha, 18.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 1.24 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 21.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +223.5% | 170,000 ha | 550,000 ha |
| 1971 | +211.1% | 180,000 ha | 560,000 ha |
| 1979 | +95.5% | 220,000 ha | 430,000 ha |
| 1972 | -60.7% | 560,000 ha | 220,000 ha |
| 1970 | -48.6% | 350,000 ha | 180,000 ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (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 60 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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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.