Milk, Total — Production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Milk, Total — Production was 1.43 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Production in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — production in Tunisia stood at 1.43 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Tunisia peaked at 1.46 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 140,000 t, in 1963.
Tunisia ranks 71st of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Milk, Total — Production in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 142,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 140,500 t | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 140,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 166,300 t | +18.8% |
| 1965 | 176,600 t | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 192,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 205,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 201,100 t | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 185,200 t | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 172,400 t | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 182,400 t | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 194,500 t | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 207,500 t | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 221,400 t | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 245,000 t | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 259,031 t | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 279,954 t | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 277,118 t | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 211,370 t | -23.7% |
| 1980 | 237,300 t | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 264,100 t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 248,000 t | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 300,100 t | +21.0% |
| 1984 | 314,100 t | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 336,900 t | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 345,300 t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 377,100 t | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 384,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 407,360 t | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 425,912 t | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 421,864 t | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 452,800 t | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 489,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 523,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 565,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 615,000 t | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 657,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 750,000 t | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 834,439 t | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 900,473 t | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 947,853 t | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 958,281 t | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 904,501 t | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 877,482 t | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 933,682 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 993,283 t | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1.02 million t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 1.03 million t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.04 million t | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.10 million t | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 1.14 million t | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.19 million t | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 1.23 million t | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 1.39 million t | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 1.44 million t | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 1.46 million t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.35 million t | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 1.38 million t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.41 million t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.44 million t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.41 million t | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.42 million t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1.43 million t | +0.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1.43 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 289,670 t, 4.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1.43 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 382,847 t, 3.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 172,078 t | 140,000 t | 205,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 225,067 t | 172,400 t | 279,954 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 321,426 t | 237,300 t | 407,360 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 573,402 t | 421,864 t | 834,439 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 960,600 t | 877,482 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 million t | 1.07 million t | 1.46 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million t | 1.41 million t | 1.44 million t | 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 milk, total — production in Tunisia?
- Milk, total — production in Tunisia was 1.43 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,000 t in 1963.
- How does Tunisia rank for milk, total — production?
- Tunisia ranks 71st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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 Milk, Total — 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.