Sorghum — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Sorghum — Yield was 515.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Tunisia is 515.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Tunisia peaked at 640 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 166.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
Tunisia ranks 102nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 166.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 297 kg/ha | +78.2% |
| 1963 | 409.1 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1965 | 458.3 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 416.7 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 459 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 507.9 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 559.1 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1971 | 590.6 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 640 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 549.6 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 563.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 563 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 535.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 521.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 428.6 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1979 | 450 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 493 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 337.8 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1982 | 331.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 307.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 296.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 296.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 294.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 300 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 400 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 428.6 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 333.3 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1992 | 378.2 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1993 | 388.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 400 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 407.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 411.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 415.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 420.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 424.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 428.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 432 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 436.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 442 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 448.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 454.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 460.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 466 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 471.6 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 476.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 481.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 510.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 510.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 506.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 512.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 514.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 517.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 521.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 526 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 530.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 508.9 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 516.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 516.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 515.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 515.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 515.8 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +78.2% | 166.7 kg/ha | 297 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +37.7% | 297 kg/ha | 409.1 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -31.5% | 493 kg/ha | 337.8 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +33.3% | 300 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 403.49 kg/ha | 166.7 kg/ha | 507.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 540.19 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 345.63 kg/ha | 294.1 kg/ha | 493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 398.38 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 446.42 kg/ha | 424.5 kg/ha | 471.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 507.79 kg/ha | 476.9 kg/ha | 526 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 517.72 kg/ha | 508.9 kg/ha | 530.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 99 Niger 556.3 kg/ha compare
- 100 Haiti 531.4 kg/ha compare
- 101 Eritrea 518.5 kg/ha compare
- 103 Central African Republic 500 kg/ha compare
- 104 New Caledonia 493.9 kg/ha compare
- 105 Mauritania 475 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 sorghum — yield in Tunisia?
- Sorghum — yield in Tunisia was 515.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 640 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 166.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 102nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Sorghum — 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.