Yearly olive oil consumption in Italy from 2005 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons)

In the period from ************ to ************** , an estimated ******* metric tons of olive oil were consumed in Italy. This was a slight decreas ecompared to the previous year. In the crop year 2023/2024, ******* tons of olive oil were forecast to be consumed. Worldwide production of olive oil amounted to around *** million metric tons.

 Regular consumers 

Italians are regular consumers of olive oil. Results of a survey conducted in 2017 indicated that ** percent of them consumed it daily. In 2018, another poll showed that in ** percent of cases, they purchased extra virgin olive oil. This commonly consumed olive oil is extracted mechanically from olives and has less than *** percent acidity.

 Directly from the producer 

A survey about purchase channels of olive oil in Italy revealed that in 2017, a significant share of households bought olive oil directly from the producer. Interestingly enough, **** percent of respondents of the same poll consumed a limited amount (about *** percent) of their own produced olive oil.