Olive growing in Tokat
Karadeniz region · 3 t of olives and 0 t of olive oil in 2024-25.
In the 2024-25 season Tokat harvested 3 tonnes of olives from 1.000 bearing trees — an average of 1.5 kg per tree. Of that crop 3 t went to the table and 0 t to pressing, yielding 0 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 7 of 10 in the Karadeniz region — 0.3% of the region's crop, 0.0% of Turkey's
- 1.5 kg per tree — 5.5 kg below the regional average of 7.0 kg
- 100% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 71%) — table-oriented
Valley olives in the inner Black Sea
Tokat is one of the inner Black Sea provinces where olives appear. Despite its distance from the coast, the milder stretches of the Kelkit and Yeşilırmak valleys leave a limited opening for olives.
Output is statistically negligible. The olive presence here is not commercial but a local possibility created by valley microclimate.
Tokat shows that what governs the olive's distribution in Turkey is not provincial boundaries but valley and altitude — the same logic holds in Karaman's Ermenek district.
2024-25 season
| Bearing trees | 1.000 |
| Olives | 3 t |
| To the table | 3 t (%100) |
| For oil | 0 t |
| Olive oil | 0 t |
| Per tree | 1.5 kg |
Only the current season is published for this province; the eleven-year series exists for İzmir, Aydın, Manisa, Muğla, Bursa and Çanakkale.
Varieties of the Karadeniz region
Varieties are recorded by region in the source, not by province.