Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 1,960 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Tunisia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Tunisia stood at 1,960 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Tunisia peaked at 2,391 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,960 kg/ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,090 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 2,105 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 2,180 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 2,180 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,195 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 2,313 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 2,391 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 2,307 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 2,294 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 2,262 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 2,240 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 2,223 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,174 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,093 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 2,114 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 2,108 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,077 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 2,070 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,090 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 2,076 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,054 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 2,040 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,028 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,017 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,006 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,993 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,988 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,979 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,970 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,960 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,960 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,058 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,111 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,180 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,257 kg/ha | 2,174 kg/ha | 2,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,160 kg/ha | 2,093 kg/ha | 2,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,057 kg/ha | 2,006 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,978 kg/ha | 1,960 kg/ha | 1,993 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
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 locust beans (carobs) — yield in Tunisia?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Tunisia was 1,960 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,391 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,960 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Tunisia rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 11th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. 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 Locust beans (carobs) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.