Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.89 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia stood at 1.89 million ha.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 3.62 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 272,150 ha, in 1966.
Tunisia ranks 26th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 542,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 652,570 ha | +20.3% |
| 1963 | 1.30 million ha | +99.6% |
| 1964 | 1.30 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 652,200 ha | -49.9% |
| 1966 | 272,150 ha | -58.3% |
| 1967 | 682,050 ha | +150.6% |
| 1968 | 702,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 322,350 ha | -54.1% |
| 1970 | 1.06 million ha | +229.2% |
| 1971 | 1.12 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 1.25 million ha | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 1.28 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 1.29 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 1.30 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1.32 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 1.33 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 1.33 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1.34 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.33 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 1.36 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1.29 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 1.31 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 1.32 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.32 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.33 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 1.34 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.37 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 1.36 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 1.41 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 1.41 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.41 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.47 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 1.38 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 1.48 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 1.64 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 1.22 million ha | -25.9% |
| 1998 | 1.35 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 1.52 million ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 1.41 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 1.40 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.40 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.67 million ha | +19.7% |
| 2004 | 1.68 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.69 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.70 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.72 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.74 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.76 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.78 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 1.78 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.83 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.84 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.61 million ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 1.64 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.66 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 960,720 ha | -42.2% |
| 2018 | 2.44 million ha | +154.0% |
| 2019 | 1.26 million ha | -48.4% |
| 2020 | 3.62 million ha | +187.8% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | -64.9% |
| 2022 | 2.15 million ha | +68.9% |
| 2023 | 1.95 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 1.89 million ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 714,534 ha | 272,150 ha | 1.30 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.26 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.33 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.43 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 1.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.68 million ha | 960,720 ha | 2.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.18 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 3.62 million 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Tunisia was 1.89 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.62 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 272,150 ha in 1966.
- How does Tunisia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 26th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil 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.