Olives — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Olives — Production is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 8.31 million t in Spain; the lowest is 120 t in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 35,655 t, and the mean is 567,075 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69,252.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 1,117.5%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 84.4%).
Olives — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 8.31 million t | 2024 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 3.75 million t | 2024 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Greece | 2.50 million t | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 2.30 million t | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | 785,468 t | 2024 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Portugal | 1.34 million t | 2024 | up 194.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 115,861 t | 2024 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Egypt | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Morocco | 1.08 million t | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Tunisia | 1.06 million t | 2024 | up 180.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Algeria | 913,243 t | 2024 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 351,278 t | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 347,381 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Jordan | 220,746 t | 2024 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Albania | 146,726 t | 2024 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Palestine | 143,100 t | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 14 | Lebanon | 141,179 t | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Chile | 131,657 t | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Libya | 128,893 t | 2024 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 81,809 t | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 81,809 t | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Croatia | 54,410 t | 2024 | up 515.5% | rising |
| 20 | Yugoslav SFR | 35,655 t | 1991 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 29,593 t | 2024 | up 196.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Iraq | 29,534 t | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Israel | 29,000 t | 2024 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 28,200 t | 2024 | up 116.8% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 23,760 t | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Cyprus | 20,870 t | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 11,685 t | 2024 | up 165.6% | volatile |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 11,575 t | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 11,460 t | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 7,912 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 6,569 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 4,499 t | 2024 | up 778.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 4,386 t | 2024 | up 417.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Slovenia | 3,830 t | 2024 | up 370.5% | volatile |
| 35 | China | 2,620 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 35 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,620 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Montenegro | 2,148 t | 2024 | up 114.9% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,767 t | 2005 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Kuwait | 754.84 t | 2024 | up 1,117.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 564 t | 2024 | up 196.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 122.12 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 120 t | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 25.55 million t
- Asia 5.62 million t
- Europe 14.70 million t
- Southern Europe 14.67 million t
- European Union (27) 14.56 million t
- Western Asia 5.48 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7,912 t
- Northern Africa 4.45 million t
- Africa 4.45 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.68 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 793,502 t
- Americas 707,454 t
- South America 518,982 t
- United States of America 147,420 t
- Northern America 147,420 t
- Southern Asia 130,342 t
- Oceania 81,809 t
- Central America 41,052 t
- Western Europe 28,200 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 23,995 t
- Eastern Asia 2,620 t
- Central Asia 122.12 t
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.