Olives — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Olives — Yield was 566.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 566.1 kg/ha for olives — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 139.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Tunisia peaked at 1,046 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 108.9 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Tunisia 40th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 346.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 344.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 346.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 426.8 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1966 | 360.7 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1967 | 404.6 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1968 | 399.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 406.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 429.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 752.1 kg/ha | +75.2% |
| 1972 | 287 kg/ha | -61.8% |
| 1973 | 512.6 kg/ha | +78.6% |
| 1974 | 462.1 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 676.3 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1976 | 330 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 1977 | 478 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1978 | 308.8 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1979 | 328.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 547.7 kg/ha | +66.8% |
| 1981 | 296.3 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1982 | 213.8 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1983 | 576.9 kg/ha | +169.8% |
| 1984 | 362.6 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1985 | 399.2 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 430.2 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 377.4 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1988 | 199.2 kg/ha | -47.2% |
| 1989 | 481.3 kg/ha | +141.6% |
| 1990 | 592.7 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1991 | 949.8 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 1992 | 482.1 kg/ha | -49.2% |
| 1993 | 721.7 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 1994 | 256.8 kg/ha | -64.4% |
| 1995 | 205.5 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 954.4 kg/ha | +364.4% |
| 1997 | 416.7 kg/ha | -56.3% |
| 1998 | 713.2 kg/ha | +71.2% |
| 1999 | 750 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 396.5 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 2001 | 108.9 kg/ha | -72.5% |
| 2002 | 254 kg/ha | +133.2% |
| 2003 | 847.3 kg/ha | +233.6% |
| 2004 | 390.6 kg/ha | -53.9% |
| 2005 | 627.7 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 2006 | 723.4 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2007 | 584.8 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2008 | 687.9 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 460.2 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2010 | 495.1 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 318.7 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 2012 | 531.9 kg/ha | +66.9% |
| 2013 | 603.5 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 236.7 kg/ha | -60.8% |
| 2015 | 1,046 kg/ha | +342.0% |
| 2016 | 425.3 kg/ha | -59.3% |
| 2017 | 529.4 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2018 | 666.9 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2019 | 563.6 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 554.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 558.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 564.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 565.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 566.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 566.1 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 566.1 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,170 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +364.4% | 205.5 kg/ha | 954.4 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +342.0% | 236.7 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 376.12 kg/ha | 344.6 kg/ha | 426.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 456.45 kg/ha | 287 kg/ha | 752.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 388.46 kg/ha | 199.2 kg/ha | 576.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 604.29 kg/ha | 205.5 kg/ha | 954.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 508.13 kg/ha | 108.9 kg/ha | 847.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 541.73 kg/ha | 236.7 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 561.82 kg/ha | 554.7 kg/ha | 566.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 37 Libya 695.8 kg/ha compare
- 38 Serbia and Montenegro 679.6 kg/ha compare
- 39 Malta 631.6 kg/ha compare
- 41 Azerbaijan 501.7 kg/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 olives — yield in Tunisia?
- Olives — yield in Tunisia was 566.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,046 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 108.9 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Tunisia rank for olives — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 40th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 139.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.