Sorghum — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 2,351 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 2,351 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 27,000 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 2,335 ha, in 2020.
Tunisia ranks 83rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,463 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,346 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 11,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 12,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 12,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 12,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +18.1% |
| 1973 | 13,100 ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 13,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 13,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 14,800 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 15,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 27,000 ha | +107.7% |
| 1985 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17,000 ha | -37.0% |
| 1987 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 4,612 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 2,944 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 2,915 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 2,886 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,856 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 2,827 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 2,798 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,778 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 2,748 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 2,715 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 2,678 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 2,642 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 2,608 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,597 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 2,540 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 2,493 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,452 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2,350 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,397 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,408 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,397 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,378 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,358 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,335 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,357 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,350 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,347 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,351 ha | +0.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 2,351 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 8% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 2,351 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,353 ha, 100% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +107.7% | 13,000 ha | 27,000 ha |
| 1988 | -41.2% | 17,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1986 | -37.0% | 27,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
| 1990 | -30.0% | 10,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 1995 | -25.0% | 4,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,068 ha | 11,000 ha | 12,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,630 ha | 12,700 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,510 ha | 10,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,121 ha | 2,856 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,693 ha | 2,540 ha | 2,827 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,398 ha | 2,350 ha | 2,493 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,348 ha | 2,335 ha | 2,357 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 sorghum — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Tunisia was 2,351 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 27,000 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,335 ha in 2020.
- How does Tunisia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 83rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Area harvested. 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.