Olives — Yield in Africa
Africa: Olives — Yield was 1,146 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — yield in Africa is 1,146 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Africa peaked at 1,506 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 444.5 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Africa 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 762.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 689.7 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 545.5 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1964 | 535.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 848.9 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1966 | 1,074 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1967 | 832.4 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1968 | 873.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 793.1 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1970 | 621.1 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1971 | 845.6 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1972 | 511.7 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1973 | 692.6 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1974 | 622.6 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 863.8 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1976 | 608.5 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1977 | 577 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 492.5 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1979 | 560.6 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 698.2 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1981 | 550.1 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1982 | 580.8 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 741.9 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1984 | 587 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1985 | 647.9 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 708.5 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 660.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 444.5 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1989 | 767.2 kg/ha | +72.6% |
| 1990 | 755 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 1,048 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1992 | 738.6 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1993 | 892.6 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1994 | 626.7 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1995 | 578.8 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 1,358 kg/ha | +134.6% |
| 1997 | 900.2 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1998 | 1,014 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 1,057 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 710.7 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2001 | 539.1 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2002 | 675.9 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2003 | 1,096 kg/ha | +62.1% |
| 2004 | 774.4 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2005 | 946 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2006 | 1,028 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 924.9 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 1,024 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 932.5 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 1,029 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 991.6 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 1,004 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,053 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 983.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 1,308 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2016 | 1,136 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 1,277 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 1,255 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,506 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 1,032 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2021 | 1,345 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2022 | 1,256 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 1,107 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 1,146 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 772.73 kg/ha | 535.1 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 639.6 kg/ha | 492.5 kg/ha | 863.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 638.66 kg/ha | 444.5 kg/ha | 767.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 896.93 kg/ha | 578.8 kg/ha | 1,358 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 865.05 kg/ha | 539.1 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,154 kg/ha | 983.1 kg/ha | 1,506 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,177 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 1,345 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Africa?
- Olives — yield in Africa was 1,146 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,506 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 444.5 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Africa rank for olives — yield?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.