Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 42,565 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 42,565 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 44,689 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Tunisia 27th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1983 | 1,600 ha | +45.5% |
| 1984 | 2,200 ha | +37.5% |
| 1985 | 19,700 ha | +795.5% |
| 1986 | 20,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 21,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 21,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 22,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 21,981 ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 24,818 ha | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 19,832 ha | -20.1% |
| 1993 | 30,080 ha | +51.7% |
| 1994 | 22,516 ha | -25.1% |
| 1995 | 21,312 ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 21,787 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 23,587 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 25,290 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 23,636 ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 25,327 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 26,607 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 27,402 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 25,490 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 24,196 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 28,133 ha | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 29,324 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 28,373 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 32,638 ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 32,201 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 33,735 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 37,068 ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 37,061 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 35,972 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 37,816 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 43,756 ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 36,622 ha | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 42,967 ha | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 38,205 ha | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 39,990 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 35,340 ha | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 44,689 ha | +26.5% |
| 2022 | 41,305 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 41,328 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 42,565 ha | +3.0% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 42,565 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 3.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 42,565 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,576 ha, 5.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Tunisia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +795.5% | 2,200 ha | 19,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,080 ha | 0 ha | 22,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,484 ha | 19,832 ha | 30,080 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,969 ha | 24,196 ha | 32,638 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,319 ha | 33,735 ha | 43,756 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,045 ha | 35,340 ha | 44,689 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 11,417 ha compare
- 24 Guinea 45,686 ha compare
- 25 Australia and New Zealand 45,037 ha compare
- 26 Kenya 42,686 ha compare
- 28 Australia 42,488 ha compare
- 29 Greece 42,320 ha compare
- 30 Sudan (former) 42,123 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Tunisia was 42,565 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,689 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 27th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.