Dates — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Dates — Area harvested was 81,732 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 81,732 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 81,732 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,200 ha, in 1962.
That places Tunisia 6th out of 37 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.
Dates — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,200 ha | -58.0% |
| 1963 | 8,500 ha | +102.4% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | +41.2% |
| 1965 | 15,500 ha | +29.2% |
| 1966 | 12,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 17,000 ha | +54.5% |
| 1969 | 5,300 ha | -68.8% |
| 1970 | 10,500 ha | +98.1% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 17,000 ha | +41.7% |
| 1977 | 17,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 17,550 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 17,850 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 19,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 22,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 26,150 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 28,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 29,460 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 29,480 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 27,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 30,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 31,610 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 39,980 ha | +26.5% |
| 2002 | 40,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 39,970 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 40,740 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 39,830 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 39,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 45,900 ha | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 48,253 ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 51,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 49,468 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 45,300 ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 48,700 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 49,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 61,240 ha | +24.6% |
| 2017 | 60,807 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 65,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 62,042 ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 71,382 ha | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 73,853 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 77,404 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 80,123 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 81,732 ha | +2.0% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 81,732 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 42.6× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 81,732 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 2.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +102.4% | 4,200 ha | 8,500 ha |
| 1970 | +98.1% | 5,300 ha | 10,500 ha |
| 1969 | -68.8% | 17,000 ha | 5,300 ha |
| 1962 | -58.0% | 10,000 ha | 4,200 ha |
| 1968 | +54.5% | 11,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
| 1976 | +41.7% | 12,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,611 ha | 4,200 ha | 17,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,570 ha | 10,500 ha | 17,850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,930 ha | 18,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,649 ha | 21,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,733 ha | 31,610 ha | 45,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,146 ha | 45,300 ha | 65,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,899 ha | 71,382 ha | 81,732 ha | 5 |
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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 dates — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Dates — area harvested in Tunisia was 81,732 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 81,732 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,200 ha in 1962.
- How does Tunisia rank for dates — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 6th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.8%. 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 Dates — 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.