Quinces — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Quinces — Area harvested was 422 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Quinces — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for quinces — area harvested in Tunisia is 422 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 1,000 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1967.
That places Tunisia 22nd out of 55 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.
Quinces — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220 ha | — |
| 1962 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | -31.8% |
| 1967 | 120 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 160 ha | +23.1% |
| 1970 | 270 ha | +68.8% |
| 1971 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 371 ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 420 ha | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1978 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 770 ha | +18.5% |
| 1981 | 550 ha | -28.6% |
| 1982 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 780 ha | +41.8% |
| 1984 | 830 ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 880 ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 950 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 450 ha | -55.0% |
| 1989 | 420 ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 409 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | -26.7% |
| 1992 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1993 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 310 ha | -48.3% |
| 1995 | 360 ha | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 480 ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 520 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 560 ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 630 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 600 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 560 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 510 ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 550 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 515 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 470 ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 430 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 520 ha | +20.9% |
| 2009 | 340 ha | -34.6% |
| 2010 | 339 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 414 ha | +22.1% |
| 2012 | 340 ha | -17.9% |
| 2013 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 360 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 501 ha | +39.2% |
| 2016 | 496 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 337 ha | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 445 ha | +32.0% |
| 2019 | 424 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 402 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 423 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 416 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 420 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 422 ha | +0.5% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 422 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 422 ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 422 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 299 ha, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 184.44 ha | 120 ha | 220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 395.1 ha | 270 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 718 ha | 420 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 453.9 ha | 300 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 512.5 ha | 340 ha | 630 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 399.6 ha | 337 ha | 501 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 416.6 ha | 402 ha | 423 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
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 quinces — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Quinces — area harvested in Tunisia was 422 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest quinces — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1967.
- How does Tunisia rank for quinces — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 22nd out of 55 countries with data for 2024.
- Is quinces — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. 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 Quinces — 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.