Olives — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Olives — Area harvested was 3.88 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 3.88 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 5.45 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 542,300 ha, in 1966.
Northern Africa ranks 5th of 22 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 697,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 814,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 1.53 million ha | +88.3% |
| 1964 | 1.50 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 953,500 ha | -36.6% |
| 1966 | 542,300 ha | -43.1% |
| 1967 | 853,700 ha | +57.4% |
| 1968 | 1.25 million ha | +46.7% |
| 1969 | 769,760 ha | -38.5% |
| 1970 | 1.34 million ha | +74.1% |
| 1971 | 1.81 million ha | +34.8% |
| 1972 | 1.62 million ha | -10.5% |
| 1973 | 1.72 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 1.75 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 1.79 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 1.85 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 1.69 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 1.72 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 1.94 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 1.81 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 1.77 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 1.72 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 1.77 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 1.76 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 1.84 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 1.86 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1.83 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1.92 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 1.94 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 2.00 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 2.00 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 2.05 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 2.14 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 2.06 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 2.15 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 2.33 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 1.92 million ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 2.15 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 2.39 million ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 2.27 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 2.25 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 2.20 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.53 million ha | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 2.73 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 2.76 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 2.72 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 2.76 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 2.80 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 2.94 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 3.17 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 3.26 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.41 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 3.41 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.23 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 3.33 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 3.40 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 2.74 million ha | -19.6% |
| 2018 | 4.20 million ha | +53.4% |
| 2019 | 3.06 million ha | -27.2% |
| 2020 | 5.45 million ha | +78.4% |
| 2021 | 3.14 million ha | -42.4% |
| 2022 | 4.14 million ha | +31.8% |
| 2023 | 3.90 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 3.88 million ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 991,084 ha | 542,300 ha | 1.53 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.72 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.82 million ha | 1.72 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.12 million ha | 1.92 million ha | 2.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.60 million ha | 2.20 million ha | 2.94 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.32 million ha | 2.74 million ha | 4.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.10 million ha | 3.14 million ha | 5.45 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Olives — area harvested in Northern Africa was 3.88 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.45 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 542,300 ha in 1966.
- How does Northern Africa rank for olives — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 5th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.