Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1,462 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Tunisia stood at 1,462 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 5,970 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2001.
Tunisia ranks 118th of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 3,200 ha | +60.0% |
| 1965 | 3,850 ha | +20.3% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 2,589 ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 2,299 ha | -11.2% |
| 1970 | 1,727 ha | -24.9% |
| 1971 | 1,340 ha | -22.4% |
| 1972 | 2,171 ha | +62.0% |
| 1973 | 2,040 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 2,006 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 3,026 ha | +50.8% |
| 1976 | 3,775 ha | +24.8% |
| 1977 | 3,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 2,635 ha | -26.8% |
| 1979 | 2,200 ha | -16.5% |
| 1980 | 2,203 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,768 ha | -19.7% |
| 1982 | 2,200 ha | +24.4% |
| 1983 | 2,900 ha | +31.8% |
| 1984 | 3,460 ha | +19.3% |
| 1985 | 3,773 ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 4,747 ha | +25.8% |
| 1987 | 5,700 ha | +20.1% |
| 1988 | 5,689 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 5,350 ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 5,123 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 4,405 ha | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 5,510 ha | +25.1% |
| 1993 | 5,470 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 5,214 ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 5,720 ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 5,970 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 5,921 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 3,028 ha | -48.9% |
| 1999 | 2,134 ha | -29.5% |
| 2000 | 485 ha | -77.3% |
| 2001 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 0 ha | — |
| 2003 | 0 ha | — |
| 2004 | 0 ha | — |
| 2005 | 0 ha | — |
| 2006 | 0 ha | — |
| 2007 | 0 ha | — |
| 2008 | 0 ha | — |
| 2009 | 0 ha | — |
| 2010 | 0 ha | — |
| 2011 | 0 ha | — |
| 2012 | 600 ha | — |
| 2013 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,507 ha | +151.2% |
| 2015 | 1,236 ha | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 1,236 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,350 ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 1,479 ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 1,485 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,438 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,467 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,463 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,456 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,462 ha | +0.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,462 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,189 ha, 6% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 1,462 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 310 ha, 4.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +151.2% | 600 ha | 1,507 ha |
| 2001 | -100.0% | 485 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,538 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,452 ha | 1,340 ha | 3,775 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,779 ha | 1,768 ha | 5,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,850 ha | 2,134 ha | 5,970 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.5 ha | 0 ha | 485 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 949.3 ha | 0 ha | 1,507 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,457 ha | 1,438 ha | 1,467 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 115 Puerto Rico 2,000 ha compare
- 116 Burundi 1,868 ha compare
- 117 Barbados 1,580 ha compare
- 119 Sierra Leone 1,193 ha compare
- 120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,000 ha compare
- 121 Malaysia 935 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Tunisia was 1,462 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,970 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2001.
- How does Tunisia rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 118th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.