Olives — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Olives — Area harvested was 1.87 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Tunisia stood at 1.87 million ha.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 3.61 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 270,000 ha, in 1966.
Tunisia ranks 2nd of 60 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 540,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 650,000 ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 1.30 million ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 1.30 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 650,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1966 | 270,000 ha | -58.5% |
| 1967 | 680,000 ha | +151.9% |
| 1968 | 700,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 320,000 ha | -54.3% |
| 1970 | 1.06 million ha | +231.0% |
| 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 | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 1.29 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1.32 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 1.32 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 1.33 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1.33 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.32 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 1.35 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1.29 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 1.30 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 1.31 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.31 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.32 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 1.32 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.36 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 1.35 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.39 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 1.40 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.40 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.45 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 1.36 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 1.46 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 1.62 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 1.20 million ha | -26.1% |
| 1998 | 1.33 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 1.50 million ha | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 1.39 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1.38 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.38 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.65 million ha | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 1.66 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.67 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.68 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.71 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.72 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.74 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.76 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.76 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.81 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 1.82 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.59 million ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 1.62 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.65 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 944,451 ha | -42.6% |
| 2018 | 2.42 million ha | +156.7% |
| 2019 | 1.24 million ha | -48.8% |
| 2020 | 3.61 million ha | +190.3% |
| 2021 | 1.25 million ha | -65.3% |
| 2022 | 2.13 million ha | +69.8% |
| 2023 | 1.93 million ha | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 1.87 million ha | -3.6% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1.87 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66,416 ha, 28.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1.87 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 32.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +231.0% | 320,000 ha | 1.06 million ha |
| 2020 | +190.3% | 1.24 million ha | 3.61 million ha |
| 2018 | +156.7% | 944,451 ha | 2.42 million ha |
| 1967 | +151.9% | 270,000 ha | 680,000 ha |
| 1963 | +100.0% | 650,000 ha | 1.30 million ha |
| 2022 | +69.8% | 1.25 million ha | 2.13 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 712,222 ha | 270,000 ha | 1.30 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.26 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.32 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.60 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.66 million ha | 944,451 ha | 2.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.16 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 3.61 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)
- 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 olives — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Olives — area harvested in Tunisia was 1.87 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.61 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 270,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Tunisia rank for olives — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 2nd out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. 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 Olives — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.