Northern Africa vs Tunisia: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Northern Africa
- Tunisia
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 481,342 ha against 81,732 ha in Tunisia, a difference of 399,610 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 5.9 times Tunisia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 4th and Tunisia ranks 6th of 20 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,422 ha | 10,611 ha | 99,811 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 126,191 ha | 13,570 ha | 112,621 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 154,210 ha | 18,930 ha | 135,280 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 213,678 ha | 26,649 ha | 187,029 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 309,122 ha | 39,733 ha | 269,389 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 392,133 ha | 54,146 ha | 337,987 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 456,742 ha | 76,899 ha | 379,843 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Northern Africa or Tunisia?
- Northern Africa, at 481,342 ha against 81,732 ha in Tunisia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Northern Africa and Tunisia?
- 399,610 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Tunisia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Tunisia rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 4th and Tunisia ranks 6th of 20 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.