Cereals, primary — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,891 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Tunisia is 1,891 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 45.4% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Tunisia peaked at 1,947 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 499.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
Tunisia ranks 123rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 499.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 729.5 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1963 | 749.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 641.6 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1965 | 738.8 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1966 | 693.1 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 618.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 701.1 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 662.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 553.5 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1971 | 713.9 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1972 | 905.4 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1973 | 825.3 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1974 | 813.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 931.6 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1976 | 734 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1977 | 712.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 667.5 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 597 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 915.5 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 1981 | 971.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 1,086 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 582.9 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1984 | 716.9 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1985 | 1,085 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 1986 | 758.5 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1987 | 1,155 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 1988 | 935.7 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 642.8 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1990 | 1,145 kg/ha | +78.1% |
| 1991 | 1,546 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1992 | 1,517 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 1,210 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1994 | 893.9 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1995 | 1,110 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1996 | 1,447 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1997 | 1,061 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 1,296 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1999 | 1,229 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 984.5 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2001 | 1,715 kg/ha | +74.2% |
| 2002 | 1,234 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2003 | 1,516 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2004 | 1,310 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 1,443 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 1,256 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 1,622 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 1,467 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 1,878 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 1,694 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 1,711 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,674 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,136 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2014 | 1,806 kg/ha | +58.9% |
| 2015 | 1,103 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 2016 | 1,541 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 2017 | 1,304 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 1,223 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,947 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 2020 | 1,324 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2021 | 1,452 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 1,640 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 1,300 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2024 | 1,891 kg/ha | +45.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,891 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1,891 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,635 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 670.48 kg/ha | 499.2 kg/ha | 749.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 745.47 kg/ha | 553.5 kg/ha | 931.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 884.98 kg/ha | 582.9 kg/ha | 1,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,246 kg/ha | 893.9 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,442 kg/ha | 984.5 kg/ha | 1,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,514 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 1,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,522 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,891 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Tunisia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Tunisia was 1,891 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,947 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 499.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 123rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield 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, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.