Olive growing in Manisa
Ege region · 320.045 t of olives and 30.539 t of olive oil in 2025-26.
In the 2025-26 season Manisa harvested 320.045 tonnes of olives from 28.892.000 bearing trees — an average of 11.1 kg per tree. Of that crop 154.683 t went to the table and 165.362 t to pressing, yielding 30.539 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 3 of 6 in the Ege region — 24.2% of the region's crop, 13.1% of Turkey's
- 11.1 kg per tree — 1.5 kg below the regional average of 12.6 kg
- 48% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 28%) — mixed
Where olives grow in Manisa
Olive growing in Manisa concentrates around Akhisar and Saruhanlı. Akhisar is one of Turkey's table-olive centres and sets the province's table-oriented character.
The province lies inland in the Aegean region, under a more continental influence than the coastal provinces. That is an advantage in terms of chilling requirement and a risk in terms of winter frost.
What the figures say
Manisa is the fastest-growing of the six provinces: bearing trees went from 17.4 to 25.0 million over eleven years — a 43.9% increase, an expansion seen in no other major olive province.
With 623,493 t in 2024-25 it became Turkey's largest producer of olives. 34% of the crop went to table use, far above İzmir (9%) and Çanakkale (6%), reflecting Akhisar's table-olive tradition.
Its worst season was 101,887 t and its best 623,493 t. A near-sixfold swing shows that expansion has not broken alternate bearing.
12 seasons
The swing between the best and worst season is 6.1× — from 101.887 t up to 623.493 t. That is alternate bearing, the olive's on-year/off-year cycle.
| Season | Bearing trees | kg/tree | Olives (t) | Table (t) | For oil (t) | Oil (t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-2015 | 17.363.626 | 10.0 | 181.882 | 107.301 | 74.581 | 14.571 |
| 2015-2016 | 18.395.421 | 5.5 | 101.887 | 67.618 | 34.269 | 7.118 |
| 2016-2017 | 18.820.588 | 15.0 | 289.837 | 147.775 | 142.062 | 15.596 |
| 2017-2018 | 19.546.500 | 13.0 | 254.878 | 126.516 | 128.362 | 20.869 |
| 2018-2019 | 18.674.379 | 16.6 | 310.067 | 147.648 | 162.419 | 28.525 |
| 2019-2020 | 19.140.329 | 7.1 | 135.458 | 87.681 | 47.776 | 7.963 |
| 2020-2021 | 21.194.661 | 15.8 | 335.121 | 165.175 | 169.946 | 29.815 |
| 2021-2022 | 21.783.434 | 12.4 | 269.309 | 150.088 | 119.221 | 21.289 |
| 2022-2023 | 22.876.682 | 27.0 | 617.038 | 223.774 | 393.263 | 78.647 |
| 2023-2024 | 24.298.123 | 10.8 | 262.439 | 137.875 | 124.564 | 22.648 |
| 2024-2025 | 24.982.120 | 25.0 | 623.493 | 212.081 | 411.412 | 64.292 |
| 2025-2026 | 28.892.367 | 11.1 | 320.045 | 154.683 | 165.362 | 30.539 |
Geographical indications
The registration belongs to the product of a defined area, not to the variety wherever it grows.
- Akhisar Uslu Zeytini designation of origin · reg. no 165
- Akhisar Domat Zeytini designation of origin · reg. no 166
- Akhisar Domat Zeytinyağı geographical indication · reg. no 1055
- Akhisar Uslu Zeytinyağı geographical indication · reg. no 1056
- Soma Zeytinyağı geographical indication · reg. no 1436
- Büyükbelen Tekir Zeytini designation of origin · reg. no 1611
Varieties of the Ege region
Varieties are recorded by region in the source, not by province.
Manisa in our articles
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- The Olive: Tree, History, Production and Future
- Olive oil trade in the Ottoman Empire: Britain the buyer, the crop the price
- What does a kilo of olives cost? The cost sheet of 152 Aegean farms
- The Domat olive: the cultivar behind stuffed olives, in numbers
- How many kilos of olives does one tree yield?
- Akhisar Uslu Olive Oil: oil from a black table cultivar
- Akhisar Uslu Olive: the measured specification of a black table olive