Olives — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Olives — Yield was 3,618 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — yield in Afghanistan stood at 3,618 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 4,500 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 140.1 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Afghanistan 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,833 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 1,667 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 1,833 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,667 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 1,833 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,667 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 1,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 1,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 1,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 2,167 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1975 | 1,667 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 2,227 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1977 | 2,292 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 2,117 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 1,125 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 1980 | 1,170 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 833.3 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1982 | 640 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1983 | 384.6 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1984 | 140.1 kg/ha | -63.6% |
| 1985 | 579.8 kg/ha | +313.8% |
| 1986 | 1,445 kg/ha | +149.2% |
| 1987 | 692.3 kg/ha | -52.1% |
| 1988 | 823.1 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 615.4 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1990 | 774.6 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1991 | 692.3 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 846.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 692.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1994 | 846.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1995 | 692.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1996 | 846.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 692.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 846.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 692.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2000 | 846.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2001 | 692.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 846.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2004 | 2,550 kg/ha | +155.0% |
| 2005 | 2,454 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 692.2 kg/ha | -71.8% |
| 2007 | 692.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,522 kg/ha | +264.3% |
| 2009 | 4,500 kg/ha | +78.5% |
| 2010 | 3,318 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 2011 | 3,000 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,038 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 3,144 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 3,396 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 3,637 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 3,378 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 3,462 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 3,594 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 3,549 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,535 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,637 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 3,682 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 3,618 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 3,618 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,170 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +313.8% | 140.1 kg/ha | 579.8 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +264.3% | 692.2 kg/ha | 2,522 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,759 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,893 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 2,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 732.34 kg/ha | 140.1 kg/ha | 1,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 762.09 kg/ha | 692.3 kg/ha | 846.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,680 kg/ha | 692.2 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,297 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,604 kg/ha | 3,535 kg/ha | 3,682 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Afghanistan?
- Olives — yield in Afghanistan was 3,618 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,500 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 140.1 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Afghanistan rank for olives — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Olives — Yield. 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.