Olives — Area harvested in South America
South America: Olives — Area harvested was 176,760 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in South America stood at 176,760 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in South America peaked at 191,007 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,342 ha, in 1968.
South America ranks 11th of 22 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,255 ha | +41.8% |
| 1963 | 4,255 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,730 ha | -35.8% |
| 1965 | 2,370 ha | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 2,624 ha | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 2,664 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 2,342 ha | -12.1% |
| 1969 | 2,505 ha | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 2,566 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 2,754 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 2,892 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 3,171 ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 3,218 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 3,307 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 3,458 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 3,709 ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 4,264 ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 4,513 ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 4,729 ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 4,785 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 5,064 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 5,426 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 5,627 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 33,074 ha | +487.8% |
| 1986 | 35,408 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 34,428 ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 46,533 ha | +35.2% |
| 1989 | 34,419 ha | -26.0% |
| 1990 | 36,745 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 50,862 ha | +38.4% |
| 1992 | 30,983 ha | -39.1% |
| 1993 | 37,073 ha | +19.7% |
| 1994 | 37,401 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 38,328 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 37,449 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 39,050 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 34,716 ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 38,745 ha | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 48,080 ha | +24.1% |
| 2001 | 42,707 ha | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 44,311 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 48,106 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 60,489 ha | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 65,855 ha | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 72,008 ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 77,462 ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 81,821 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 77,615 ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 152,996 ha | +97.1% |
| 2011 | 119,320 ha | -22.0% |
| 2012 | 160,334 ha | +34.4% |
| 2013 | 115,197 ha | -28.2% |
| 2014 | 162,193 ha | +40.8% |
| 2015 | 160,481 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 130,631 ha | -18.6% |
| 2017 | 191,007 ha | +46.2% |
| 2018 | 160,427 ha | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 167,172 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 163,921 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 179,096 ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 184,088 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 182,818 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 176,760 ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,972 ha | 2,342 ha | 4,255 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,385 ha | 2,566 ha | 4,513 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,949 ha | 4,729 ha | 46,533 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,135 ha | 30,983 ha | 50,862 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,845 ha | 42,707 ha | 81,821 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 151,976 ha | 115,197 ha | 191,007 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 177,337 ha | 163,921 ha | 184,088 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in South America?
- Olives — area harvested in South America was 176,760 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 191,007 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,342 ha in 1968.
- How does South America rank for olives — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.