Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 238,850 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 238,850 t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 168.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Tunisia peaked at 446,177 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 22,218 t, in 1966.
That places Tunisia 67th out of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Production in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,346 t | — |
| 1962 | 50,252 t | +18.7% |
| 1963 | 99,310 t | +97.6% |
| 1964 | 99,572 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 61,786 t | -37.9% |
| 1966 | 22,218 t | -64.0% |
| 1967 | 61,260 t | +175.7% |
| 1968 | 62,124 t | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 29,216 t | -53.0% |
| 1970 | 100,331 t | +243.4% |
| 1971 | 185,605 t | +85.0% |
| 1972 | 79,635 t | -57.1% |
| 1973 | 145,389 t | +82.6% |
| 1974 | 131,821 t | -9.3% |
| 1975 | 193,713 t | +47.0% |
| 1976 | 96,776 t | -50.0% |
| 1977 | 140,705 t | +45.4% |
| 1978 | 91,916 t | -34.7% |
| 1979 | 97,773 t | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 161,483 t | +65.2% |
| 1981 | 90,045 t | -44.2% |
| 1982 | 62,785 t | -30.3% |
| 1983 | 167,525 t | +166.8% |
| 1984 | 107,265 t | -36.0% |
| 1985 | 118,470 t | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 128,610 t | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 113,450 t | -11.8% |
| 1988 | 63,119 t | -44.4% |
| 1989 | 146,969 t | +132.8% |
| 1990 | 185,762 t | +26.4% |
| 1991 | 296,109 t | +59.4% |
| 1992 | 153,156 t | -48.3% |
| 1993 | 236,157 t | +54.2% |
| 1994 | 82,785 t | -64.9% |
| 1995 | 72,237 t | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 347,520 t | +381.1% |
| 1997 | 116,743 t | -66.4% |
| 1998 | 215,772 t | +84.8% |
| 1999 | 255,263 t | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 129,128 t | -49.4% |
| 2001 | 40,438 t | -68.7% |
| 2002 | 84,090 t | +107.9% |
| 2003 | 315,311 t | +275.0% |
| 2004 | 150,158 t | -52.4% |
| 2005 | 238,276 t | +58.7% |
| 2006 | 275,440 t | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 226,983 t | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 267,938 t | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 183,207 t | -31.6% |
| 2010 | 198,980 t | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 130,246 t | -34.5% |
| 2012 | 218,143 t | +67.5% |
| 2013 | 248,318 t | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 88,925 t | -64.2% |
| 2015 | 379,504 t | +326.8% |
| 2016 | 159,911 t | -57.9% |
| 2017 | 115,919 t | -27.5% |
| 2018 | 361,544 t | +211.9% |
| 2019 | 160,015 t | -55.7% |
| 2020 | 446,177 t | +178.8% |
| 2021 | 160,424 t | -64.0% |
| 2022 | 270,602 t | +68.7% |
| 2023 | 247,280 t | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 238,850 t | -3.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 238,850 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 107,439 t, 2.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 238,850 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,226 t, 7.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,676 t | 22,218 t | 99,572 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 126,366 t | 79,635 t | 193,713 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 115,972 t | 62,785 t | 167,525 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 196,150 t | 72,237 t | 347,520 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 191,097 t | 40,438 t | 315,311 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 206,151 t | 88,925 t | 379,504 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 272,667 t | 160,424 t | 446,177 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 64 Yugoslav SFR 250,813 t compare
- 65 Sri Lanka 250,406 t compare
- 66 Mozambique 246,493 t compare
- 68 Czechoslovakia 216,249 t compare
- 69 Algeria 214,461 t compare
- 70 Serbia and Montenegro 212,005 t 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, oil equivalent — production in Tunisia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Tunisia was 238,850 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 446,177 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,218 t in 1966.
- How does Tunisia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Tunisia ranks 67th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.6%. 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, Oil Equivalent — 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.