Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 19,789 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia is 19,789 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 22,272 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1972.
That places Tunisia 123rd out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,570 ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 2,490 ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 2,254 ha | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 2,150 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 2,050 ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 2,350 ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 2,100 ha | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 2,350 ha | +11.9% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -14.9% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +75.0% |
| 1975 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 4,600 ha | +21.1% |
| 1979 | 4,565 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 5,180 ha | +13.5% |
| 1981 | 5,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 6,300 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 7,100 ha | +12.7% |
| 1984 | 8,100 ha | +14.1% |
| 1985 | 8,900 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 9,900 ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 10,800 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 12,028 ha | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 12,470 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 13,284 ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 13,672 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 13,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 14,400 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 16,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 17,861 ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 19,517 ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 18,085 ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 18,488 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 21,834 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 22,272 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 19,871 ha | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 18,271 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 18,628 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 16,921 ha | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 17,450 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 16,565 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 17,988 ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 16,526 ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 16,881 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 17,353 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 18,269 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 20,629 ha | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 18,269 ha | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 18,301 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 16,068 ha | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 16,703 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 16,269 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 15,874 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 16,902 ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 17,556 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 18,397 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 19,202 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 20,205 ha | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 19,789 ha | -2.1% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 19,789 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 10% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 19,789 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 11,642 ha, 1.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +75.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,313 ha | 2,050 ha | 2,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,212 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,618 ha | 5,180 ha | 12,470 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,704 ha | 13,284 ha | 21,834 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,137 ha | 16,526 ha | 22,272 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,464 ha | 15,874 ha | 20,629 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,030 ha | 17,556 ha | 20,205 ha | 5 |
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- 126 Algeria 18,021 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.4009 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.7856 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia was 19,789 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,272 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Tunisia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 123rd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.