Potatoes — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 26,275 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Tunisia is 26,275 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 27,620 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,800 ha, in 1962.
Tunisia ranks 67th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,256 ha | 5,800 ha | 8,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,858 ha | 9,000 ha | 11,380 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,692 ha | 9,000 ha | 16,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,450 ha | 14,200 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,236 ha | 20,700 ha | 25,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,577 ha | 23,240 ha | 27,620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,304 ha | 22,931 ha | 26,384 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 64 Cameroon 34,869 ha compare
- 65 Syrian Arab Republic 28,124 ha compare
- 66 Myanmar 26,999 ha compare
- 68 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,254 ha compare
- 69 Zimbabwe 24,053 ha compare
- 70 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- 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)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.62 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,216 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Tunisia was 26,275 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 27,620 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,800 ha in 1962.
- How does Tunisia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 67th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 Potatoes — 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.