Olives — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Olives — Yield was 871.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — yield in Morocco stood at 871.7 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Morocco peaked at 2,169 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 740.7 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Morocco 35th out of 41 countries 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 906.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 869.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 885 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 890.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 888.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 894.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 892.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 914.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 888.9 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 903.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 886.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 909.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 742.8 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1975 | 993 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1976 | 894.1 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 900 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 909.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 907 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 890 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 826.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1982 | 1,667 kg/ha | +101.8% |
| 1983 | 971.6 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1984 | 1,140 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 1,255 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 1,327 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 1,656 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1988 | 1,046 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1989 | 1,804 kg/ha | +72.6% |
| 1990 | 1,085 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1991 | 1,528 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1992 | 962 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 1993 | 1,015 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 1,163 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 1,051 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 2,169 kg/ha | +106.4% |
| 1997 | 1,213 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 1998 | 1,363 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 914.9 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2000 | 740.7 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 763.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 953.7 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2003 | 1,726 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 2004 | 847.5 kg/ha | -50.9% |
| 2005 | 1,250 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2006 | 1,207 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,242 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 1,398 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 1,277 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 1,814 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2011 | 1,572 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 1,359 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 1,281 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 1,662 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2015 | 1,137 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2016 | 1,404 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2017 | 1,018 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2018 | 1,494 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2019 | 1,781 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 1,318 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2021 | 1,441 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 1,638 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2023 | 851.7 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 2024 | 871.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 871.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 871.7 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)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 893.53 kg/ha | 869.6 kg/ha | 914.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 893.45 kg/ha | 742.8 kg/ha | 993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,258 kg/ha | 826.1 kg/ha | 1,804 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,246 kg/ha | 914.9 kg/ha | 2,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,141 kg/ha | 740.7 kg/ha | 1,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,452 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 1,814 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,224 kg/ha | 851.7 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Morocco?
- Olives — yield in Morocco was 871.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 2,169 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 740.7 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Morocco rank for olives — yield?
- Morocco ranks 35th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.