Olives — Yield in Israel
Israel: Olives — Yield was 860.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — yield in Israel stood at 860.5 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.0% on the previous year and down 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Israel peaked at 4,737 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 1973.
Israel ranks 36th of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,080 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 960 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 1963 | 1,300 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1964 | 1,909 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1965 | 954.5 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1966 | 956.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 2,227 kg/ha | +133.0% |
| 1968 | 871.6 kg/ha | -60.9% |
| 1969 | 1,972 kg/ha | +126.3% |
| 1970 | 622.6 kg/ha | -68.4% |
| 1971 | 1,214 kg/ha | +94.9% |
| 1972 | 2,621 kg/ha | +116.0% |
| 1973 | 400 kg/ha | -84.7% |
| 1974 | 3,050 kg/ha | +662.6% |
| 1975 | 490 kg/ha | -83.9% |
| 1976 | 1,936 kg/ha | +295.2% |
| 1977 | 776.6 kg/ha | -59.9% |
| 1978 | 3,084 kg/ha | +297.1% |
| 1979 | 669.9 kg/ha | -78.3% |
| 1980 | 4,737 kg/ha | +607.1% |
| 1981 | 1,992 kg/ha | -57.9% |
| 1982 | 3,304 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 1983 | 2,893 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1984 | 1,469 kg/ha | -49.2% |
| 1985 | 3,424 kg/ha | +133.2% |
| 1986 | 3,102 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 2,003 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1988 | 3,128 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 1989 | 1,573 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1990 | 3,281 kg/ha | +108.6% |
| 1991 | 1,309 kg/ha | -60.1% |
| 1992 | 3,656 kg/ha | +179.3% |
| 1993 | 732.5 kg/ha | -80.0% |
| 1994 | 1,904 kg/ha | +159.9% |
| 1995 | 2,551 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1996 | 2,659 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 1,189 kg/ha | -55.3% |
| 1998 | 2,022 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 1999 | 1,326 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 2000 | 2,988 kg/ha | +125.3% |
| 2001 | 1,337 kg/ha | -55.3% |
| 2002 | 2,792 kg/ha | +108.8% |
| 2003 | 1,039 kg/ha | -62.8% |
| 2004 | 2,911 kg/ha | +180.3% |
| 2005 | 1,318 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 2006 | 3,000 kg/ha | +127.6% |
| 2007 | 1,844 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2008 | 2,438 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2009 | 1,605 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 2010 | 2,227 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 2011 | 3,000 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2012 | 1,869 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2013 | 2,285 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2014 | 2,671 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 2,908 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 2,700 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 2,582 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 1,617 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2019 | 3,205 kg/ha | +98.2% |
| 2020 | 2,463 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2021 | 2,077 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 4,095 kg/ha | +97.1% |
| 2023 | 1,365 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 2024 | 860.5 kg/ha | -37.0% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 860.5 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Israel's 860.5 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,170 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +662.6% | 400 kg/ha | 3,050 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +607.1% | 669.9 kg/ha | 4,737 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,470 kg/ha | 871.6 kg/ha | 2,227 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,486 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 3,084 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,762 kg/ha | 1,469 kg/ha | 4,737 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,063 kg/ha | 732.5 kg/ha | 3,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,127 kg/ha | 1,039 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,506 kg/ha | 1,617 kg/ha | 3,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,172 kg/ha | 860.5 kg/ha | 4,095 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Israel?
- Olives — yield in Israel was 860.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 4,737 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Israel rank for olives — yield?
- Israel ranks 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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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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.