Watermelons — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 4,648 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Tunisia is 4,648 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 32,600 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4,459 ha, in 2023.
That places Tunisia 56th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,412 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +103.3% |
| 1963 | 8,800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 7,600 ha | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 6,920 ha | -8.9% |
| 1966 | 8,500 ha | +22.8% |
| 1967 | 5,800 ha | -31.8% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +37.9% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 12,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 12,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 12,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 10,400 ha | -18.1% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1980 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 10,900 ha | -22.1% |
| 1985 | 16,000 ha | +46.8% |
| 1986 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 20,200 ha | +68.3% |
| 1990 | 31,700 ha | +56.9% |
| 1991 | 32,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 31,100 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 23,200 ha | -25.4% |
| 1994 | 27,029 ha | +16.5% |
| 1995 | 24,770 ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 27,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 25,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 24,785 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 24,500 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 24,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21,400 ha | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 28,000 ha | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 32,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 24,100 ha | -24.7% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 21,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 20,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 21,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 9,700 ha | -54.5% |
| 2011 | 8,450 ha | -12.9% |
| 2012 | 9,171 ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 8,780 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 9,410 ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 8,232 ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 8,143 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 8,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 7,200 ha | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 6,137 ha | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 5,312 ha | -13.4% |
| 2021 | 5,761 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 4,595 ha | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 4,459 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 4,648 ha | +4.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 4,648 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 77% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 4,648 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,115 ha | 5,412 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,900 ha | 10,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,510 ha | 10,900 ha | 20,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,418 ha | 23,200 ha | 32,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,230 ha | 20,500 ha | 32,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,342 ha | 6,137 ha | 9,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,955 ha | 4,459 ha | 5,761 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 53 North Macedonia 5,064 ha compare
- 54 Ecuador 5,012 ha compare
- 55 Mauritania 4,709 ha compare
- 57 Australia and New Zealand 4,264 ha compare
- 58 Australia 4,036 ha compare
- 59 Armenia 3,966 ha compare
More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2204 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Tunisia was 4,648 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 32,600 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,459 ha in 2023.
- How does Tunisia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 56th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — 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.