Olive Oil Production by Country

Spain stayed the largest olive oil producer while adding 187,988 tonnes and Syria lost 100,166 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Olive oil, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 37 countries; 36 reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 2,619,863 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Spain produced 2.38 times as much as Italy: 854,001 tonnes against 359,540, while Türkiye ranks third with 234,515 tonnes, 125,025 tonnes behind Italy. The top two hold 46.3 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 234,515 and 228,850 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	Spain ES	854,001
2	Italy IT	359,540
3	Türkiye TR	234,515
4	Greece GR	228,850
5	Tunisia TN	210,000
6	Portugal PT	175,529
7	Morocco MA	120,200
8	Syria SY	89,257
9	Algeria DZ	81,300
10	Egypt EG	40,000
11	Argentina AR	31,000
12	Albania AL	28,500
13	Jordan JO	25,028
14	Australia AU	23,500
15	Chile CL	23,200
16	Lebanon LB	17,300
17	Israel IL	16,500
18	Libya LY	16,000
19	United States US	12,000
20	Iran IR	6,863
21	Cyprus CY	5,700
22	Croatia HR	4,500
23	France FR	3,700
24	Saudi Arabia SA	3,000
25	Uruguay UY	2047
26	North Macedonia MK	1790
27	El Salvador SV	1588
28	Mexico MX	1314
29	Azerbaijan AZ	1165
30	Afghanistan AF	1064
31	Slovenia SI	600
32	Peru PE	279
33	Montenegro ME	25.09
34	Malta MT	7.14
35	Brunei BN	0
36	Ukraine UA	0
37	Palestine PS	-

Olive Oil Production by Country in 2023

Spain was the largest olive oil producer in the 2023 listed data with 854,001 tonnes, followed by Italy with 359,540 tonnes and Türkiye with 234,515 tonnes. Greece ranked fourth with 228,850 tonnes.

Spain holds 32.6 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 55.3 percent of the 2,619,863-tonne listed total.

Spain Adds 187,988 Tonnes as Olive Oil Production Eases 1.3 Percent Among Common Reporters

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (36 countries with data in both years) moved from 2,653,407 tonnes to 2,619,863 tonnes, a change of -33,544 tonnes (-1.3 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,689,407 tonnes (37 reporters) and 2,619,863 tonnes (36 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2022 (36,000 tonnes, Palestine) did not report in 2023, while no new reporters joined. Spain added 187,988 tonnes (up 28.2 percent) and Portugal 37,776 tonnes (up 27.4 percent), while Syria fell 100,166 tonnes (down 52.9 percent) and Türkiye 67,885 tonnes (down 22.4 percent).

Spain Falls 275,232 Tonnes as Olive Oil Production Drops 15.2 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (34 countries with data in both years) fell from 3,085,555 tonnes to 2,616,863 tonnes, a change of -468,692 tonnes (-15.2 percent). The totals listed for each year were 3,125,165 tonnes (35 reporters) and 2,619,863 tonnes (36 reporters); 1 reporter present in 2019 (39,610 tonnes, Palestine) is absent in 2023, while 2 new reporters joined (Saudi Arabia, 3,000 tonnes, and Brunei, a reported zero). Spain fell 275,232 tonnes (down 24.4 percent), while Morocco fell 84,000 tonnes (down 41.1 percent) and Syria 64,572 tonnes (down 42.0 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Spain	1,129,233	1,356,411	1,493,008	666,013	854,001
2	Italy	336,581	330,879	338,631	331,038	359,540
3	Türkiye	217,800	234,700	222,100	302,400	234,515
4	Greece	290,476	276,695	255,705	248,275	228,850
5	Tunisia	239,500	399,900	144,200	235,200	210,000
6	Portugal	154,063	107,000	228,954	137,753	175,529
7	Morocco	204,200	164,600	194,900	181,500	120,200
8	Syria	153,829	138,217	103,893	189,423	89,257
9	Algeria	106,400	113,600	71,000	88,200	81,300
10	Egypt	41,300	36,000	44,100	45,700	40,000
11	Argentina	30,000	30,000	30,000	33,000	31,000
12	Albania	11,500	13,000	16,500	29,000	28,500
13	Jordan	34,725	24,402	23,402	25,421	25,028
14	Australia	18,700	10,200	22,600	20,000	23,500
15	Chile	17,000	20,900	24,800	21,300	23,200
16	Lebanon	21,700	14,300	17,100	20,000	17,300
17	Israel	15,700	16,800	12,000	14,000	16,500
18	Libya	16,600	17,000	17,000	16,500	16,000
19	United States	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	12,000
20	Iran	6,197	6,670	4,594	6,914	6,863
21	Cyprus	4,800	4,800	5,000	4,700	5,700
22	Croatia	3,600	4,400	3,500	3,400	4,500
23	France	5,200	3,800	4,900	5,100	3,700
24	Saudi Arabia	-	-	3,000	3,000	3,000
25	Uruguay	2,533	540	1780	1544	2047
26	North Macedonia	1300	1904	1887	1877	1790
27	El Salvador	1529	1564	1558	1596	1588
28	Mexico	577.19	610.5	678.2	973.64	1314
29	Azerbaijan	1055	1014	1137	1306	1165
30	Afghanistan	833.25	724.09	1043	1050	1064
31	Slovenia	453.73	698.66	700	400	600
32	Peru	2,145	1551	1190	781.5	279
33	Montenegro	20.36	19.52	27.66	32.56	25.09
34	Malta	5.98	0.15	6.54	9.94	7.14
35	Brunei	-	0	0	0	0
36	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0
37	Palestine	39,610	14,408	17,477	36,000	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Olive oil, 2019-2023. For olive oil production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 olive oil production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the olive oil production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For olive oil production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.