Olives — Area harvested in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Olives — Area harvested was 5,356 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Olives — Area harvested in North Macedonia, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
North Macedonia recorded 5,356 ha for olives — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in North Macedonia peaked at 8,800 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4,842 ha, in 2006.
North Macedonia ranks 29th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,800 ha | — |
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | -31.8% |
| 2001 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 5,157 ha | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 6,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 5,466 ha | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 5,174 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 4,842 ha | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 5,669 ha | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 5,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,636 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 5,540 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 5,451 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 5,328 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 5,332 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,349 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,341 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,338 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 5,394 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 5,378 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 5,356 ha | -0.4% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 5,356 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 75% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Area harvested in North Macedonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -31.8% | 8,800 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,800 ha | 8,800 ha | 8,800 ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 5,551 ha | 4,842 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,464 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,361 ha | 5,338 ha | 5,394 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in North Macedonia?
- Olives — area harvested in North Macedonia was 5,356 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,800 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,842 ha in 2006.
- How does North Macedonia rank for olives — area harvested?
- North Macedonia ranks 29th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.