Wheat — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Wheat — Area harvested was 536,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 536,000 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 62.9% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 1.25 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 288,700 ha, in 1988.
Tunisia ranks 42nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 850,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 1.00 million ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 900,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 1.00 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 800,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 750,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 750,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 700,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 900,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1971 | 850,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 950,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 950,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 950,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 950,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1.00 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 953,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 946,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 1.02 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 853,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 783,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 714,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 930,000 ha | +30.3% |
| 1984 | 900,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 1.03 million ha | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 540,000 ha | -47.7% |
| 1987 | 971,000 ha | +79.8% |
| 1988 | 288,700 ha | -70.3% |
| 1989 | 557,000 ha | +92.9% |
| 1990 | 882,000 ha | +58.3% |
| 1991 | 1.05 million ha | +19.1% |
| 1992 | 930,200 ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 1.03 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 470,000 ha | -54.4% |
| 1995 | 415,350 ha | -11.6% |
| 1996 | 1.25 million ha | +200.8% |
| 1997 | 800,000 ha | -36.0% |
| 1998 | 950,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 980,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 718,000 ha | -26.7% |
| 2001 | 559,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 2002 | 298,500 ha | -46.6% |
| 2003 | 926,600 ha | +210.4% |
| 2004 | 1.04 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 961,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 837,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 769,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 535,100 ha | -30.4% |
| 2009 | 786,000 ha | +46.9% |
| 2010 | 434,400 ha | -44.7% |
| 2011 | 772,200 ha | +77.8% |
| 2012 | 754,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 667,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 722,880 ha | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 652,530 ha | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 508,375 ha | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 675,000 ha | +32.8% |
| 2018 | 620,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 643,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 606,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 611,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 579,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 329,000 ha | -43.2% |
| 2024 | 536,000 ha | +62.9% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 536,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 9.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 536,000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 8.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Tunisia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +210.4% | 298,500 ha | 926,600 ha |
| 1996 | +200.8% | 415,350 ha | 1.25 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 838,889 ha | 700,000 ha | 1.00 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 947,300 ha | 850,000 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 756,970 ha | 288,700 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 875,819 ha | 415,350 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 742,590 ha | 298,500 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 644,988 ha | 434,400 ha | 772,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 532,200 ha | 329,000 ha | 611,000 ha | 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 wheat — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Tunisia was 536,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 288,700 ha in 1988.
- How does Tunisia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 42nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.