Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 10,423 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 10,423 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 10,700 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 570 ha, in 1962.
That places Tunisia 10th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 830 ha | — |
| 1962 | 570 ha | -31.3% |
| 1963 | 820 ha | +43.9% |
| 1964 | 720 ha | -12.2% |
| 1965 | 920 ha | +27.8% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +52.2% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1977 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 2,600 ha | -16.1% |
| 1979 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1981 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | +58.5% |
| 1983 | 6,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 6,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 7,500 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,200 ha | -17.3% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 5,400 ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 4,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 7,800 ha | +73.3% |
| 1992 | 9,500 ha | +21.8% |
| 1993 | 7,800 ha | -17.9% |
| 1994 | 9,500 ha | +21.8% |
| 1995 | 9,100 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 8,600 ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 1998 | 6,615 ha | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 5,500 ha | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 5,380 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 6,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 6,381 ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 6,150 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 4,800 ha | -22.0% |
| 2005 | 7,400 ha | +54.2% |
| 2006 | 9,900 ha | +33.8% |
| 2007 | 10,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 8,800 ha | -17.8% |
| 2009 | 9,800 ha | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 10,020 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 9,700 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 10,199 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 10,054 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 9,780 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 9,592 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 10,620 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 10,108 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 10,066 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 10,129 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 10,258 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 10,346 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 10,368 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 10,397 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 10,423 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,118 ha | 570 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,270 ha | 1,600 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,040 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,492 ha | 4,500 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,531 ha | 4,800 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,027 ha | 9,592 ha | 10,620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,358 ha | 10,258 ha | 10,423 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Tunisia was 10,423 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,700 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 570 ha in 1962.
- How does Tunisia rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 10th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.