Olives — Yield in Italy
Italy: Olives — Yield was 2,123 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — yield in Italy is 2,123 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Italy peaked at 3,889 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 804.6 kg/ha, in 1990.
Italy ranks 25th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,831 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,395 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1963 | 2,335 kg/ha | +67.4% |
| 1964 | 1,522 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1965 | 1,796 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1966 | 1,432 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1967 | 2,142 kg/ha | +49.6% |
| 1968 | 1,522 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1969 | 1,897 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1970 | 1,624 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1971 | 2,259 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1972 | 1,322 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1973 | 1,998 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 1974 | 1,610 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1975 | 2,328 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1976 | 1,204 kg/ha | -48.3% |
| 1977 | 2,496 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1978 | 1,666 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1979 | 1,899 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1980 | 2,800 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1981 | 2,429 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 1,715 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1983 | 3,389 kg/ha | +97.6% |
| 1984 | 1,484 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 1985 | 2,863 kg/ha | +92.9% |
| 1986 | 1,582 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 1987 | 3,007 kg/ha | +90.1% |
| 1988 | 1,944 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1989 | 2,686 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1990 | 804.6 kg/ha | -70.0% |
| 1991 | 3,538 kg/ha | +339.7% |
| 1992 | 2,103 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1993 | 2,674 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1994 | 2,360 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 2,972 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1996 | 1,945 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1997 | 3,194 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1998 | 2,286 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1999 | 3,337 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 2000 | 2,428 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2001 | 2,590 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 2,761 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 3,050 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 3,889 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2005 | 3,230 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2006 | 2,925 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 2,798 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 2,942 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 2,762 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,663 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 2,781 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 2,681 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2,564 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 1,698 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2015 | 2,381 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2016 | 1,780 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2017 | 2,275 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2018 | 1,710 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2019 | 1,926 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 1,927 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,011 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 2,007 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,220 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 2,123 kg/ha | -4.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 2,123 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Italy's 2,123 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,227 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +339.7% | 804.6 kg/ha | 3,538 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,764 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha | 2,335 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,841 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 2,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,390 kg/ha | 1,484 kg/ha | 3,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,521 kg/ha | 804.6 kg/ha | 3,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,938 kg/ha | 2,428 kg/ha | 3,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,246 kg/ha | 1,698 kg/ha | 2,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,058 kg/ha | 1,927 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Italy?
- Olives — yield in Italy was 2,123 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 3,889 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 804.6 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Italy rank for olives — yield?
- Italy ranks 25th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.