Pulses, Total — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,138 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Tunisia stood at 1,138 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Tunisia peaked at 1,203 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 283 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Tunisia 89th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 283 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 503.7 kg/ha | +78.0% |
| 1963 | 457.7 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 396.4 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1965 | 605 kg/ha | +52.6% |
| 1966 | 341.6 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 1967 | 349.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 430.2 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1969 | 404.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 341.7 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1971 | 423.1 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1972 | 543 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1973 | 513.5 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 446.8 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 582.9 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1976 | 638.2 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 547.3 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 577.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 590.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 536.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 553.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 530.7 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 477.5 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 673.1 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 1985 | 587.4 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 618.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 685.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 492.8 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1989 | 609.4 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1990 | 527.8 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 707.1 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1992 | 751.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 779 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 414.9 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1995 | 636 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 1996 | 680.8 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 645.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 813 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1999 | 820.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 616.6 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2001 | 542.1 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2002 | 603.7 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 940.3 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 2004 | 878.9 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 930.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 778.4 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 1,061 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2008 | 922.5 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 1,070 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 815.2 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2011 | 1,132 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2012 | 1,127 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,063 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 890.8 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 844.5 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 995.3 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 1,031 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 1,179 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2019 | 1,203 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,015 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 1,075 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 1,135 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 1,128 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,138 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,138 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1,138 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,709 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 419 kg/ha | 283 kg/ha | 605 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 520.44 kg/ha | 341.7 kg/ha | 638.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 576.41 kg/ha | 477.5 kg/ha | 685.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 677.65 kg/ha | 414.9 kg/ha | 820.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 834.35 kg/ha | 542.1 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,028 kg/ha | 815.2 kg/ha | 1,203 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,098 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 86 Bangladesh 1,182 kg/ha compare
- 87 Spain 1,150 kg/ha compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,145 kg/ha compare
- 90 Brazil 1,138 kg/ha compare
- 91 Dominican Republic 1,136 kg/ha compare
- 92 Jamaica 1,136 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 pulses, total — yield in Tunisia?
- Pulses, total — yield in Tunisia was 1,138 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,203 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 283 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 89th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. 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 Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.