Cereal yields in Tunisia
Tunisia: Cereal yields was 1.89 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yields in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 1.89 tonnes per hectare for cereal yields in 2024.
The figure is up 45.4% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yields in Tunisia peaked at 1.95 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4992 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
That places Tunisia 128th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6705 tonnes per hectare | 0.4992 tonnes per hectare | 0.7496 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7455 tonnes per hectare | 0.5535 tonnes per hectare | 0.9316 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.885 tonnes per hectare | 0.5829 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 0.8939 tonnes per hectare | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 0.9845 tonnes per hectare | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.62 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 795,426 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yields in Tunisia?
- Cereal yields in Tunisia was 1.89 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yields recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.95 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4992 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for cereal yields?
- Tunisia ranks 128th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yields rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per hectare.