Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 86,572 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Tunisia is 86,572 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Tunisia peaked at 305,500 t in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2001.
Tunisia ranks 111th of 155 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 33,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 45,000 t | +36.4% |
| 1964 | 49,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 37,500 t | -23.5% |
| 1966 | 56,400 t | +50.4% |
| 1967 | 39,850 t | -29.3% |
| 1968 | 34,100 t | -14.4% |
| 1969 | 39,744 t | +16.6% |
| 1970 | 27,400 t | -31.1% |
| 1971 | 34,838 t | +27.1% |
| 1972 | 44,016 t | +26.3% |
| 1973 | 44,800 t | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 47,400 t | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 52,800 t | +11.4% |
| 1976 | 83,000 t | +57.2% |
| 1977 | 118,000 t | +42.2% |
| 1978 | 80,000 t | -32.2% |
| 1979 | 52,000 t | -35.0% |
| 1980 | 73,000 t | +40.4% |
| 1981 | 62,000 t | -15.1% |
| 1982 | 82,600 t | +33.2% |
| 1983 | 67,000 t | -18.9% |
| 1984 | 135,200 t | +101.8% |
| 1985 | 155,800 t | +15.2% |
| 1986 | 205,000 t | +31.6% |
| 1987 | 303,500 t | +48.0% |
| 1988 | 256,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1989 | 252,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 281,700 t | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 210,300 t | -25.3% |
| 1992 | 290,750 t | +38.3% |
| 1993 | 245,830 t | -15.4% |
| 1994 | 231,500 t | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 270,000 t | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 305,500 t | +13.1% |
| 1997 | 268,000 t | -12.3% |
| 1998 | 142,600 t | -46.8% |
| 1999 | 89,358 t | -37.3% |
| 2000 | 20,700 t | -76.8% |
| 2001 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 0 t | — |
| 2003 | 0 t | — |
| 2004 | 0 t | — |
| 2005 | 0 t | — |
| 2006 | 0 t | — |
| 2007 | 0 t | — |
| 2008 | 0 t | — |
| 2009 | 0 t | — |
| 2010 | 0 t | — |
| 2011 | 0 t | — |
| 2012 | 34,000 t | — |
| 2013 | 34,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 78,000 t | +129.4% |
| 2015 | 76,391 t | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 76,361 t | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 80,745 t | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 88,000 t | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 87,350 t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 85,365 t | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 86,905 t | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 86,540 t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 86,270 t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 86,572 t | +0.3% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 86,572 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.31 million t, 7% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 86,572 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,965 t, 14.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,844 t | 33,000 t | 56,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,425 t | 27,400 t | 118,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 159,210 t | 62,000 t | 303,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 233,554 t | 89,358 t | 305,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,070 t | 0 t | 20,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,485 t | 0 t | 88,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 86,330 t | 85,365 t | 86,905 t | 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 sugar crops primary — production in Tunisia?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Tunisia was 86,572 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 305,500 t in 1996.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2001.
- How does Tunisia rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Tunisia ranks 111th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. 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 — Production. 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.