Olives — Yield in Spain
Spain: Olives — Yield was 3,141 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Spain, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — yield in Spain is 3,141 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 63.3% on the previous year and up 73.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Spain peaked at 3,808 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 647.9 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Spain 12th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1,950 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 743.7 kg/ha | -61.9% |
| 1982 | 1,632 kg/ha | +119.4% |
| 1983 | 647.9 kg/ha | -60.3% |
| 1984 | 1,729 kg/ha | +166.8% |
| 1985 | 970 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1986 | 1,239 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1987 | 1,886 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1988 | 1,093 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1989 | 1,434 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1990 | 1,632 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 1,438 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 1,549 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 1,343 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 1,337 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 799.4 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 1996 | 2,125 kg/ha | +165.8% |
| 1997 | 2,663 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1998 | 1,950 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1999 | 1,573 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2000 | 2,150 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2001 | 2,818 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2002 | 1,816 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 2003 | 3,096 kg/ha | +70.5% |
| 2004 | 2,110 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2005 | 1,631 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2006 | 2,286 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2007 | 2,486 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 2,273 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 2,846 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2010 | 2,908 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 3,123 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 1,537 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 2013 | 3,700 kg/ha | +140.7% |
| 2014 | 1,813 kg/ha | -51.0% |
| 2015 | 2,530 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 2016 | 2,809 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 2,564 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 3,808 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 2019 | 2,293 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 2020 | 3,102 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2021 | 3,147 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,495 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 2023 | 1,924 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2024 | 3,141 kg/ha | +63.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 3,141 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Spain's 3,141 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,227 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,332 kg/ha | 647.9 kg/ha | 1,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,641 kg/ha | 799.4 kg/ha | 2,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,351 kg/ha | 1,631 kg/ha | 3,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,708 kg/ha | 1,537 kg/ha | 3,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,562 kg/ha | 1,495 kg/ha | 3,147 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Spain?
- Olives — yield in Spain was 3,141 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 3,808 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 647.9 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Spain rank for olives — yield?
- Spain ranks 12th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.