Lemons and limes — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Lemons and limes — Yield was 14,917 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Tunisia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Tunisia stood at 14,917 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Tunisia peaked at 16,667 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 11,000 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Tunisia 42nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 16,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 12,583 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1987 | 15,000 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1988 | 13,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 14,833 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 14,286 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 12,778 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 12,877 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 12,907 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 12,908 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12,500 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 14,300 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 11,000 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 13,247 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1999 | 14,167 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 14,077 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 14,250 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 13,611 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 14,210 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 13,862 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 14,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 14,210 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 14,591 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 14,423 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 14,414 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 14,476 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 14,564 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 14,518 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 14,575 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 14,635 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 14,680 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 14,701 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 14,735 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 14,648 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 14,800 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 14,850 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 14,913 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 14,858 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 14,888 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 14,917 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 14,917 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,092 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 14,917 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,483 kg/ha | 12,583 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 13,097 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 14,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,165 kg/ha | 13,611 kg/ha | 14,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,633 kg/ha | 14,476 kg/ha | 14,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,885 kg/ha | 14,850 kg/ha | 14,917 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 39 El Salvador 15,628 kg/ha compare
- 40 Mexico 15,263 kg/ha compare
- 41 Saint Lucia 15,197 kg/ha compare
- 43 Peru 14,651 kg/ha compare
- 44 Malta 14,509 kg/ha compare
- 45 China, Taiwan Province of 14,441 kg/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 lemons and limes — yield in Tunisia?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Tunisia was 14,917 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 16,667 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Tunisia rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 42nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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, published as part of Lemons and limes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.