Barley — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Barley — Yield was 1,333 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Tunisia stood at 1,333 kg/ha.
The figure is up 61.8% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Tunisia peaked at 1,606 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 298.6 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Tunisia 88th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 580 kg/ha | +65.7% |
| 1963 | 700 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1964 | 428.6 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1965 | 625 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1966 | 400 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1967 | 340 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1968 | 516.7 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1969 | 666.7 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1970 | 503.3 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1971 | 583.2 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1972 | 715.2 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1973 | 605.7 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1974 | 651.4 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 886 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1976 | 600 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1977 | 471.7 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1978 | 422.5 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1979 | 493.6 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1980 | 774.3 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 1981 | 609.5 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1982 | 858.2 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1983 | 480.2 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1984 | 637.7 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1985 | 835.6 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1986 | 298.6 kg/ha | -64.3% |
| 1987 | 839.6 kg/ha | +181.2% |
| 1988 | 417.2 kg/ha | -50.3% |
| 1989 | 485 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 937.6 kg/ha | +93.3% |
| 1991 | 1,306 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1992 | 1,212 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 932.7 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1994 | 592.3 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1995 | 660.9 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 1,186 kg/ha | +79.4% |
| 1997 | 927.2 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1998 | 976.8 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 875.5 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 649.2 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2001 | 1,171 kg/ha | +80.4% |
| 2002 | 920.4 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2003 | 526.3 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2004 | 705.4 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2005 | 989.8 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2006 | 821.6 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2007 | 1,224 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 2008 | 984.5 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 1,577 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 2010 | 1,283 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2011 | 1,214 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 1,237 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 623.3 kg/ha | -49.6% |
| 2014 | 1,436 kg/ha | +130.4% |
| 2015 | 709.9 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 2016 | 1,074 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 2017 | 878.7 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2018 | 601.9 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2019 | 1,606 kg/ha | +166.8% |
| 2020 | 859.8 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2021 | 841.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,212 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2023 | 824.1 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2024 | 1,333 kg/ha | +61.8% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,333 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1,333 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 511.89 kg/ha | 340 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 593.26 kg/ha | 422.5 kg/ha | 886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 623.59 kg/ha | 298.6 kg/ha | 858.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 960.68 kg/ha | 592.3 kg/ha | 1,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 956.99 kg/ha | 526.3 kg/ha | 1,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,066 kg/ha | 601.9 kg/ha | 1,606 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,014 kg/ha | 824.1 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 85 Afghanistan 1,429 kg/ha compare
- 86 China, Taiwan Province of 1,421 kg/ha compare
- 87 Nepal 1,340 kg/ha compare
- 89 Algeria 1,254 kg/ha compare
- 90 Bangladesh 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 91 Jordan 1,206 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 18.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5867 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.293 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Tunisia?
- Barley — yield in Tunisia was 1,333 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,606 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 298.6 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Tunisia rank for barley — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 88th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.