Dates — Production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Dates — Production was 400,219 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Production in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 400,219 t for dates — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 101.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — production in Tunisia peaked at 400,219 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,800 t, in 1962.
That places Tunisia 10th 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 | 37,411 t | 14,800 t | 59,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,743 t | 38,000 t | 58,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,180 t | 45,000 t | 85,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,570 t | 69,000 t | 103,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 123,300 t | 105,000 t | 162,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 226,800 t | 174,000 t | 305,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 366,674 t | 332,000 t | 400,219 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 7 Sudan 443,134 t compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 432,100 t compare
- 9 Oman 400,655 t compare
- 11 United Arab Emirates 333,632 t compare
- 12 Libya 187,039 t compare
- 13 China 162,330 t compare
- 13 China, mainland 162,330 t compare
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 — production in Tunisia?
- Dates — production in Tunisia was 400,219 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 400,219 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,800 t in 1962.
- How does Tunisia rank for dates — production?
- Tunisia ranks 10th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.1%. 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 — 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.