Spinach — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Spinach — Area harvested was 616 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Tunisia stood at 616 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 2,800 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 430 ha, in 2010.
That places Tunisia 30th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1966 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 1,700 ha | -22.7% |
| 1970 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +21.7% |
| 1977 | 2,200 ha | -21.4% |
| 1978 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,800 ha | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1985 | 2,460 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 2,570 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 2,300 ha | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 839 ha | -66.4% |
| 1992 | 838 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,250 ha | +49.2% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 1,331 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 850 ha | -36.1% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | +29.4% |
| 1998 | 1,013 ha | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 950 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 1,024 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1,009 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 911 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 1,044 ha | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 1,103 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 1,600 ha | +45.1% |
| 2007 | 1,450 ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 430 ha | -68.1% |
| 2011 | 520 ha | +20.9% |
| 2012 | 536 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 619 ha | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 640 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 604 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 621 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 595 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 606 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 637 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 630 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 622 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 623 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 619 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 616 ha | -0.5% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 616 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 616 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 616 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 3.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -68.1% | 1,350 ha | 430 ha |
| 1991 | -66.4% | 2,500 ha | 839 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,467 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,210 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,463 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,197 ha | 838 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,179 ha | 911 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 580.8 ha | 430 ha | 640 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 622 ha | 616 ha | 630 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 spinach — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Spinach — area harvested in Tunisia was 616 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 430 ha in 2010.
- How does Tunisia rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 30th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 Spinach — 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.