Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,918 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 1,918 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Tunisia peaked at 3,540 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 600 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Tunisia 31st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,005 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1963 | 1,008 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1964 | 1,831 kg/ha | +81.6% |
| 1965 | 1,125 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1966 | 1,300 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1967 | 600 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 1968 | 1,050 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1969 | 1,414 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1970 | 1,050 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1971 | 1,414 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1988 | 1,254 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 1,415 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 1,303 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 2,259 kg/ha | +73.4% |
| 1992 | 2,462 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 3,333 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1994 | 3,250 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 2,454 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1996 | 2,246 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 3,250 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1998 | 3,540 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 3,250 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,344 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 2,887 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 2,321 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 2,321 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,167 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 2,156 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 2,287 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 2,826 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2018 | 2,826 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,826 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,826 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,826 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,715 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 2,130 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2024 | 1,918 kg/ha | -10.0% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,918 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1,918 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,713 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Tunisia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +81.6% | 1,008 kg/ha | 1,831 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,137 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,831 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,232 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 1,335 kg/ha | 1,254 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 2,735 kg/ha | 1,303 kg/ha | 3,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,250 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,596 kg/ha | 2,156 kg/ha | 3,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,483 kg/ha | 1,918 kg/ha | 2,826 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Tunisia?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Tunisia was 1,918 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,540 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Tunisia rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 31st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. 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.