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 7th out of 40 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.
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 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)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.62 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,216 t (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 7th out of 40 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.