Oliva de Mérida is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, within the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is located in the western-central part of the country, near the city of Mérida, the regional capital, to which its name refers.
According to the 2005 census conducted by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE), the municipality had a population of 1,888 inhabitants. The town is one of many small municipalities that make up the rural landscape of the Badajoz province in Extremadura.