Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 6,743 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chick peas, dry — area harvested in Tunisia is 6,743 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 78,000 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 4,801 ha, in 2014.
Tunisia ranks 25th of 54 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.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1963 | 21,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1966 | 24,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1967 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 20,500 ha | -21.2% |
| 1969 | 26,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1970 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 43,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 37,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 47,000 ha | +27.0% |
| 1979 | 51,400 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 78,000 ha | +51.8% |
| 1981 | 71,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 61,300 ha | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 59,900 ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 37,000 ha | -38.2% |
| 1985 | 39,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 44,000 ha | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 40,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 22,654 ha | -43.4% |
| 1989 | 30,060 ha | +32.7% |
| 1990 | 31,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 44,540 ha | +42.3% |
| 1992 | 35,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1993 | 32,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 20,700 ha | -35.3% |
| 1995 | 18,850 ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 22,650 ha | +20.2% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | -33.8% |
| 1998 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1999 | 16,600 ha | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 12,600 ha | -24.1% |
| 2001 | 10,800 ha | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 7,000 ha | -35.2% |
| 2003 | 9,450 ha | +35.0% |
| 2004 | 9,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 8,100 ha | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 7,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 9,700 ha | +22.8% |
| 2008 | 7,800 ha | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 7,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 5,500 ha | -26.7% |
| 2011 | 5,517 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 5,399 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 4,801 ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 7,922 ha | +65.0% |
| 2016 | 6,500 ha | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 6,300 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 6,916 ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 8,325 ha | +20.4% |
| 2020 | 6,561 ha | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 6,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 7,237 ha | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 7,238 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,743 ha | -6.8% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 6,743 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,210 ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 6,743 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,834 ha, 3.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,833 ha | 15,000 ha | 26,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,440 ha | 26,000 ha | 51,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,291 ha | 22,654 ha | 78,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,564 ha | 15,000 ha | 44,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,985 ha | 7,000 ha | 12,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,268 ha | 4,801 ha | 8,325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,916 ha | 6,561 ha | 7,238 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 22 Nepal 8,929 ha compare
- 23 Eritrea 8,666 ha compare
- 24 Sudan (former) 7,373 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 201 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 4,342 ha compare
- 27 Kenya 4,078 ha compare
- 28 Bangladesh 3,946 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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Tunisia was 6,743 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 78,000 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,801 ha in 2014.
- How does Tunisia rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 25th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. 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 Chick peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.