Sunflower seed — Yield in Tunisia
Tunisia: Sunflower seed — Yield was 858.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Tunisia, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 858.5 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Tunisia peaked at 1,250 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1978.
Tunisia ranks 66th of 76 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 588.2 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1976 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 555.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 584.8 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 592.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 606.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 595.2 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 600 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 603.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 615.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 600 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 602.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 597.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 631.6 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 663.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 700 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 735.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 761.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 787 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 818.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 826.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 851.2 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 861.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 909.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 934.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 963.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 1,056 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 1,028 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 1,220 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2007 | 1,020 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 1,250 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2009 | 1,104 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 983.9 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 869.9 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 698.4 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2013 | 877.2 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2014 | 860.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 873.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 878.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 860.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 886 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 851.3 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 852.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 863 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 855.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 856.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 858.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 858.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,095 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 858.5 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,753 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 594.47 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1980s | 604.47 kg/ha | 592.8 kg/ha | 631.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 777.63 kg/ha | 663.3 kg/ha | 851.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,035 kg/ha | 861.7 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 863.95 kg/ha | 698.4 kg/ha | 983.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 857.2 kg/ha | 852.1 kg/ha | 863 kg/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 sunflower seed — yield in Tunisia?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Tunisia was 858.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,250 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Tunisia rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Tunisia ranks 66th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.