Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 117,743 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 117,743 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 123,882 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 31,633 ha, in 1961.
That places Tunisia 53rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,633 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,010 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 34,885 ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 35,683 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 41,905 ha | +17.4% |
| 1966 | 47,250 ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 47,640 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 47,470 ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 51,135 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 50,115 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 55,160 ha | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 53,220 ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 56,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 60,420 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 62,830 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 71,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 69,870 ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 72,910 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 70,500 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 75,490 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 80,730 ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 74,453 ha | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 78,993 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 74,724 ha | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 79,834 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 76,657 ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 80,457 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 84,779 ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 80,260 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 89,090 ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 89,741 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 87,365 ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 85,325 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 86,976 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 86,532 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 98,837 ha | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 96,649 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 101,512 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 96,124 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 91,567 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 83,513 ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 88,853 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 91,103 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 89,372 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 92,822 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 94,265 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 104,208 ha | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 99,362 ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 100,440 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 118,584 ha | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 121,455 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 119,672 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 118,841 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 120,707 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 123,882 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 119,831 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 117,847 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 116,043 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 120,492 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 118,451 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 119,263 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 111,989 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 113,712 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 117,743 ha | +3.5% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 117,743 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 2.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 117,743 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 2.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,068 ha | 31,633 ha | 51,135 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,242 ha | 50,115 ha | 72,910 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,638 ha | 74,453 ha | 84,779 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,815 ha | 85,325 ha | 101,512 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,550 ha | 83,513 ha | 104,208 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 119,735 ha | 116,043 ha | 123,882 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,232 ha | 111,989 ha | 119,263 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 50 Sierra Leone 119,858 ha compare
- 51 Central African Republic 119,552 ha compare
- 52 Benin 119,442 ha compare
- 54 Afghanistan 117,666 ha compare
- 55 Cuba 115,552 ha compare
- 56 Australia and New Zealand 114,853 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Tunisia was 117,743 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 123,882 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,633 ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 53rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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 Vegetables 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.