Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 17,739 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Tunisia is 17,739 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Tunisia peaked at 17,739 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Tunisia 82nd out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,034 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 8,286 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1964 | 7,908 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 8,243 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 8,500 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 9,282 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 7,059 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1969 | 7,012 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 7,444 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 8,442 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1972 | 10,526 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1973 | 7,474 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1974 | 8,000 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 10,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 7,469 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1978 | 10,825 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1979 | 12,500 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1980 | 11,215 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 15,000 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1982 | 11,317 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1983 | 15,790 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1984 | 11,739 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1985 | 10,714 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 11,333 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 12,208 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 11,180 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 11,188 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 13,648 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1991 | 12,941 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 13,625 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 14,014 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 11,732 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1995 | 13,706 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 11,947 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 12,565 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 13,785 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 16,410 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 14,010 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 15,493 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 14,040 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 13,901 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 15,496 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 12,360 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2006 | 14,659 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 14,542 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 14,919 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 14,432 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 15,546 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 14,876 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 15,022 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 16,042 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 16,063 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 17,212 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 17,720 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 16,912 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 16,835 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 16,951 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 17,056 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 17,283 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 17,444 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 17,589 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 17,739 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,814 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 9,282 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,318 kg/ha | 7,444 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,168 kg/ha | 10,714 kg/ha | 15,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,437 kg/ha | 11,732 kg/ha | 16,410 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,385 kg/ha | 12,360 kg/ha | 15,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,318 kg/ha | 14,876 kg/ha | 17,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,422 kg/ha | 17,056 kg/ha | 17,739 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Tunisia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Tunisia was 17,739 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,739 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.