Linseed — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Linseed — Area harvested was 1,070 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Linseed — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 1,070 ha for linseed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 3,212 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 850 ha, in 2012.
Tunisia ranks 38th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 2,600 ha | +30.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,784 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 2,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 3,212 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 3,123 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 3,028 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 2,932 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 2,834 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 2,702 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 2,521 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 2,418 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 2,330 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 2,374 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 2,238 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 2,108 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 1,983 ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 2,200 ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 1,703 ha | -22.6% |
| 2010 | 1,495 ha | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 1,268 ha | -15.2% |
| 2012 | 850 ha | -33.0% |
| 2013 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 1,009 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 1,100 ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,074 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,091 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,053 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1,073 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,072 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,066 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,070 ha | +0.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,070 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,704 ha, 40% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1,070 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,070 ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +33.3% | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2012 | -33.0% | 1,268 ha | 850 ha |
| 1978 | +30.0% | 2,000 ha | 2,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,990 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,320 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,981 ha | 2,784 ha | 3,212 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,258 ha | 1,703 ha | 2,702 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,074 ha | 850 ha | 1,495 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,067 ha | 1,053 ha | 1,073 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 linseed — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Linseed — area harvested in Tunisia was 1,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,212 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 850 ha in 2012.
- How does Tunisia rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 38th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — 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.