Olives — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Olives — Area harvested was 1.85 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 1.85 million ha.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 1.87 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 527,673 ha, in 1962.
That places Western Asia 8th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 592,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 527,673 ha | -11.0% |
| 1963 | 599,244 ha | +13.6% |
| 1964 | 652,694 ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 662,153 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 686,457 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 712,519 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 654,819 ha | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 665,318 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 646,830 ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 669,947 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 700,942 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 734,213 ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 735,246 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 738,151 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 782,616 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 788,249 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 783,698 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 804,455 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 814,913 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 840,408 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 842,027 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 848,247 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 860,393 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 885,319 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 910,771 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 951,107 ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 970,523 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 989,852 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 1.03 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 1.05 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.06 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 1.06 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 1.18 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 1.22 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.33 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 1.29 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 1.30 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.32 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.33 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.37 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 1.39 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.43 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 1.46 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.53 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 1.60 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 1.64 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1.66 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.64 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 1.69 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.73 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.74 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.74 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.76 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.77 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.79 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.80 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.87 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1.83 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.85 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.86 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.83 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.85 million ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639,281 ha | 527,673 ha | 712,519 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 738,435 ha | 646,830 ha | 804,455 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 891,356 ha | 814,913 ha | 989,852 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.17 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.75 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.84 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
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- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Olives — area harvested in Western Asia was 1.85 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.87 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 527,673 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for olives — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 8th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.