Sunflower seed yields in Tunisia
Tunisia: Sunflower seed yields was 0.8585 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed yields in Tunisia, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 0.8585 tonnes per hectare for sunflower seed yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed yields in Tunisia peaked at 1.25 tonnes per hectare in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.5 tonnes per hectare, in 1978.
That places Tunisia 66th out of 77 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5945 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.75 tonnes per hectare | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.6045 tonnes per hectare | 0.5928 tonnes per hectare | 0.6316 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7776 tonnes per hectare | 0.6633 tonnes per hectare | 0.8512 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.8617 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8639 tonnes per hectare | 0.6984 tonnes per hectare | 0.9839 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8572 tonnes per hectare | 0.8521 tonnes per hectare | 0.863 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.62 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 795,426 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed yields in Tunisia?
- Sunflower seed yields in Tunisia was 0.8585 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sunflower seed yields recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 tonnes per hectare in 2008.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed yields recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 tonnes per hectare in 1978.
- How does Tunisia rank for sunflower seed yields?
- Tunisia ranks 66th out of 77 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed yields 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sunflower seed yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.