Oats — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Oats — Area harvested was 4,388 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 4,388 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 35,000 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4,329 ha, in 2023.
Tunisia ranks 56th of 79 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.
Oats — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 ha | -38.1% |
| 1963 | 21,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1965 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 16,000 ha | -30.4% |
| 1967 | 21,800 ha | +36.2% |
| 1968 | 21,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 21,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 35,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1973 | 24,000 ha | -31.4% |
| 1974 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 26,100 ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 18,700 ha | -28.4% |
| 1979 | 23,800 ha | +27.3% |
| 1980 | 25,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17,000 ha | -26.1% |
| 1987 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,200 ha | -63.5% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +61.3% |
| 1990 | 13,830 ha | +38.3% |
| 1991 | 15,900 ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 17,400 ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 16,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 8,600 ha | -47.9% |
| 1995 | 8,654 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 7,213 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 6,834 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 6,502 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 6,212 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 5,956 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 5,729 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 5,345 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 5,156 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 4,984 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 4,826 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 4,681 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 4,548 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 4,597 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 4,643 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 4,639 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 4,645 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 4,850 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 4,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 4,432 ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 4,727 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 4,597 ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 4,408 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 4,577 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 4,438 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 4,475 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 4,359 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 4,329 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 4,388 ha | +1.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 4,388 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 586 ha, 7.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 4,388 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 896 ha, 4.9× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -63.5% | 17,000 ha | 6,200 ha |
| 1989 | +61.3% | 6,200 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1963 | +50.0% | 14,000 ha | 21,000 ha |
| 1994 | -47.9% | 16,500 ha | 8,600 ha |
| 1972 | +40.0% | 25,000 ha | 35,000 ha |
| 1962 | -38.1% | 22,600 ha | 14,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,778 ha | 14,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,560 ha | 18,700 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,420 ha | 6,200 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,764 ha | 6,212 ha | 17,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,046 ha | 4,548 ha | 5,956 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,662 ha | 4,408 ha | 4,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,398 ha | 4,329 ha | 4,475 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 53 Armenia 6,507 ha compare
- 54 Azerbaijan 4,431 ha compare
- 55 New Zealand 4,420 ha compare
- 57 Kenya 3,647 ha compare
- 58 Belgium 3,210 ha compare
- 59 North Macedonia 2,587 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 oats — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Oats — area harvested in Tunisia was 4,388 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 35,000 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,329 ha in 2023.
- How does Tunisia rank for oats — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 56th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. 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 Oats — 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.