Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Cheese from whole cow milk — Production was 6,773 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Tunisia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Tunisia stood at 6,773 t.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Tunisia peaked at 7,056 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 297 t, in 1962.
Tunisia ranks 72nd of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 330 t | — |
| 1962 | 297 t | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 297 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 297 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 330 t | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 396 t | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 429 t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 412.5 t | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 396 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 346.5 t | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 353.1 t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 401.44 t | +13.7% |
| 1973 | 371.25 t | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 415.8 t | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 518.1 t | +24.6% |
| 1976 | 648.45 t | +25.2% |
| 1977 | 709.5 t | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 640.2 t | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 316.8 t | -50.5% |
| 1980 | 528 t | +66.7% |
| 1981 | 610.5 t | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 570.9 t | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 577.5 t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 763.95 t | +32.3% |
| 1985 | 808.5 t | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 853.05 t | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 834.24 t | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 869.55 t | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 938.85 t | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 1,021 t | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 1,033 t | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 1,091 t | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,130 t | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,310 t | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 1,363 t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1,518 t | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 1,625 t | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 1,815 t | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 2,023 t | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 2,244 t | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 2,326 t | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 2,392 t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 2,442 t | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 2,244 t | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 2,392 t | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 2,392 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,392 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,455 t | +86.2% |
| 2009 | 5,115 t | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 5,028 t | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 5,183 t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 5,122 t | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 5,631 t | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 6,110 t | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 6,715 t | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 6,962 t | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 7,056 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 6,769 t | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 6,689 t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 6,710 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 6,809 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,689 t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 6,773 t | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 353.83 t | 297 t | 429 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 472.11 t | 316.8 t | 709.5 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 735.5 t | 528 t | 938.85 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,393 t | 1,021 t | 2,023 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,840 t | 2,244 t | 5,115 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,127 t | 5,028 t | 7,056 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,745 t | 6,689 t | 6,809 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,153 t compare
- 70 Dominican Republic 7,209 t compare
- 71 North Macedonia 6,866 t compare
- 73 Ethiopia 6,746 t compare
- 74 Zambia 6,062 t compare
- 75 Kyrgyzstan 5,204 t 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from whole cow milk — production in Tunisia?
- Cheese from whole cow milk — production in Tunisia was 6,773 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,056 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 297 t in 1962.
- How does Tunisia rank for cheese from whole cow milk — production?
- Tunisia ranks 72nd out of 98 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from whole cow milk — production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese from whole cow milk — Production. 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.