Tomatoes — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 22,592 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 22,592 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.4% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 34,800 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6,995 ha, in 1963.
Tunisia ranks 31st of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,843 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,830 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 6,995 ha | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 9,990 ha | +42.8% |
| 1965 | 11,700 ha | +17.1% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 11,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1969 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16,150 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 16,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 19,470 ha | +21.7% |
| 1978 | 17,000 ha | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 19,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 17,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 18,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 18,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 18,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 19,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 22,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 19,300 ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 22,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 20,600 ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 20,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 24,700 ha | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 23,700 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 34,800 ha | +46.8% |
| 1997 | 26,800 ha | -23.0% |
| 1998 | 29,300 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 26,600 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 24,900 ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 21,800 ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 22,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 24,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 26,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 26,600 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 22,600 ha | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 26,300 ha | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 27,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 27,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 33,000 ha | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 32,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 28,900 ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 23,682 ha | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 24,966 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 27,732 ha | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 22,190 ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 20,653 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 20,593 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 26,853 ha | +30.4% |
| 2020 | 24,357 ha | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 23,973 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 18,987 ha | -20.8% |
| 2023 | 20,274 ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 22,592 ha | +11.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 22,592 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 22,592 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,558 ha, 3.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,206 ha | 6,995 ha | 13,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,362 ha | 12,000 ha | 19,470 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,720 ha | 16,500 ha | 22,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,060 ha | 20,600 ha | 34,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,920 ha | 21,800 ha | 27,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,077 ha | 20,593 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,037 ha | 18,987 ha | 24,357 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 28 Niger 26,865 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 418 ha compare
- 29 Malawi 24,410 ha compare
- 30 Algeria 24,398 ha compare
- 32 Kazakhstan 22,591 ha compare
- 33 Iraq 21,985 ha compare
- 34 Serbia and Montenegro 21,372 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Tunisia was 22,592 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 34,800 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,995 ha in 1963.
- How does Tunisia rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 31st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.