The production of olive oil as productivity per area has variations depending on the olive season. In the global olive oil production map, first in producing continent is Europe with production reaching 84%, second is Africa with a rate 9%, third is Asia with a rate 6% and last is America with 2%.
At European level, the countries with the largest olive oil production are Spain with 42%, Italy is second with 20%, third is Greece with 18% and other countries produce 20%. Specifically in Greece the areas with the largest olive oil production is Crete with 40%, followed by the Peloponnese with 35%, Central Greece with 10% and the remaining areas produce 15% of the olive oil production in Greece.