Olives — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Olives — Yield was 3,521 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Yield in Portugal, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — yield in Portugal is 3,521 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and up 172.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Portugal peaked at 3,616 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 381.2 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Portugal 11th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 686 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,048 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1987 | 855.3 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1988 | 381.2 kg/ha | -55.4% |
| 1989 | 971.5 kg/ha | +154.9% |
| 1990 | 586.3 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1991 | 1,329 kg/ha | +126.7% |
| 1992 | 463.6 kg/ha | -65.1% |
| 1993 | 729.6 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 1994 | 681.6 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 959.8 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1996 | 844 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 943.7 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 674.4 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1999 | 901.2 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2000 | 474.8 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 2001 | 642.3 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2002 | 630.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 696.6 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 896.5 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2005 | 605.8 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2006 | 1,069 kg/ha | +76.5% |
| 2007 | 608.1 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 2008 | 990.9 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 2009 | 1,229 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2010 | 1,297 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 1,504 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 1,238 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 1,853 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 2014 | 1,292 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2015 | 2,058 kg/ha | +59.2% |
| 2016 | 1,336 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2017 | 2,446 kg/ha | +83.0% |
| 2018 | 2,045 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 2,482 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 1,931 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2021 | 3,616 kg/ha | +87.3% |
| 2022 | 2,086 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2023 | 3,137 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2024 | 3,521 kg/ha | +12.2% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 3,521 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 3,521 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,227 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 788.44 kg/ha | 381.2 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 811.34 kg/ha | 463.6 kg/ha | 1,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 784.39 kg/ha | 474.8 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,755 kg/ha | 1,238 kg/ha | 2,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,858 kg/ha | 1,931 kg/ha | 3,616 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Portugal?
- Olives — yield in Portugal was 3,521 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 3,616 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 381.2 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Portugal rank for olives — yield?
- Portugal ranks 11th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 172.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.