Crop yields in Tunisia
Tunisia: Crop yields was 2.15 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Crop yields in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 2.15 tonnes per hectare for crop yields in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.2% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop yields in Tunisia peaked at 2.26 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5471 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
Tunisia ranks 90th of 125 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7495 tonnes per hectare | 0.5471 tonnes per hectare | 0.8125 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8246 tonnes per hectare | 0.5767 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.6645 tonnes per hectare | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.62 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 795,426 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop yields in Tunisia?
- Crop yields in Tunisia was 2.15 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest crop yields recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest crop yields recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5471 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for crop yields?
- Tunisia ranks 90th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is crop yields rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Crop yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.