FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Tunisia

According to FAOSTAT, Tunisia produced 1.5 million t of cereals, 3.2 million t of vegetables, 2.6 million t of fruit, 376,758 t of meat and 1.4 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were tomatoes (1.4 million t), wheat (1.1 million t) and olives (1.1 million t).

Products recorded: 128
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 12; products
Year: 2024

Tunisia ranks second or third in the world for green broad beans and horse beans and snails.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in oranges (+243%), followed by olives (+181%).

Livestock numbers: 495,935 cattle, 5,449 pigs, 6.1 million sheep and 1.1 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All vegetables	3,190,803	36	0.27%	+12%
All fruit	2,590,522	54	0.27%	+32%
All cereals	1,504,226	97	0.05%	−36%
All milk	1,425,722	68	0.14%	+16%
All citrus fruit	808,002	26	0.49%	+73%
All roots and tubers	466,090	100	0.05%	+20%
All meat	376,758	84	0.1%	+10%
All pulses	119,182	69	0.12%	+31%
All eggs	98,378	54	0.1%	−9.2%
All sugar crops	86,572	108	0%	+11%
All tree nuts	74,065	33	0.4%	+6.5%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Tomatoes	1,430,770	18	0.76%	+15%
Cow milk	1,389,815	63	0.17%	+17%
Wheat	1,150,000	50	0.14%	−24%
Olives	1,056,228	7	4.13%	+181%
Watermelons	504,092	25	0.48%	−3.1%
Chillies and peppers, green	484,213	11	1.08%	+27%
Potatoes	466,090	68	0.12%	+20%
Oranges	416,897	25	0.62%	+243%
Dates	400,219	9	4.02%	+101%
Skim milk of cows	335,348	53	0.23%	+22%
Barley	300,000	47	0.21%	−61%
Spring onions and shallots	287,167	7	5.15%	+7.6%
Olive oil	210,000	5	7.99%	+11%
Carrots and turnips	209,219	35	0.46%	−5.1%
Beer	193,300	79	0.1%	+11%
Onions, dry	190,824	59	0.18%	+7.2%
Chicken meat	163,333	67	0.13%	+13%
Grapes	160,527	43	0.21%	+17%
Peaches and nectarines	158,681	18	0.57%	+15%
Other citrus fruit, n.e.c.	144,054	7	1.08%	+2.4%
Apples	140,388	48	0.14%	+16%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	116,709	74	0.04%	+11%
Melons	108,445	25	0.38%	+8.0%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	105,240	19	0.44%	+8.9%
Grapefruit and pomelos	104,338	12	1.06%	+5.4%
Hen eggs	98,378	54	0.1%	−9.2%
Turkey meat	96,638	11	1.9%	+36%
Soya bean oil	96,300	35	0.16%	+21%
Pumpkins and squash	86,602	46	0.25%	+0.2%
Sugar beet	86,572	38	0.03%	+11%
Broad beans and horse beans, green	82,888	3	5.67%	−4.3%
Margarine and shortening	82,036	27	0.62%	−28%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	81,461	52	0.21%	+5.8%
Tangerines and mandarins	81,069	32	0.16%	+74%
Lettuce and chicory	76,630	25	0.27%	+2.0%
Broad beans and horse beans, dry	74,098	15	1.18%	+38%
Cucumbers	71,256	48	0.08%	+4.5%
Almonds, in shell	70,873	9	1.79%	+5.8%
Lemons and limes	61,643	33	0.27%	+3.6%
Sheep meat	54,641	36	0.47%	+11%
Peas, green	52,401	18	0.24%	−6.4%
Beef (cattle meat)	41,793	101	0.06%	−28%
Apricots	37,383	20	0.81%	+29%
Wine	31,900	34	0.13%	−2.7%
Cabbages	30,907	85	0.04%	+3.9%
Cereals n.e.c.	29,000	14	0.36%	−3.3%
Other pulses n.e.c.	27,930	33	0.63%	+6.7%
Cream, fresh	26,475	28	0.71%	+23%
Green garlic	25,717	33	0.09%	+3.7%
Artichokes	25,438	11	1.47%	+34%
Figs	23,797	12	1.78%	−12%
Sheep milk	23,519	40	0.24%	−9.5%
Triticale	22,326	34	0.18%	−29%
Chillies and peppers, dry	20,887	22	0.38%	+6.4%
Plums	20,595	40	0.16%	+58%
Pears	15,773	46	0.06%	−7.2%
Raw sugar	15,000	101	0.01%	+400%
Goat milk	11,280	74	0.06%	−4.1%
Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel	10,698	14	0.4%	+0.1%
Cauliflower and broccoli	10,584	49	0.04%	+84%
Goat meat	10,483	58	0.14%	+9.2%
Strawberries	10,137	42	0.09%	+6.6%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	10,036	35	0.46%	+11%
Chick peas, dry	9,637	23	0.06%	+151%
Wool, greasy	9,332	30	0.55%	−13%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	8,252	36	0.42%	+11%
Butter of cow milk	7,942	54	0.13%	+20%
Spinach	7,413	32	0.02%	−5.3%
Seed cotton	6,796	52	0.01%	+4.6%
Cheese from whole cow milk	6,773	70	0.03%	+20%
Sunflower seed	6,412	53	0.01%	−20%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	6,269	88	0.06%	−28%
Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled	6,176	17	0.39%	−4.6%
Sheep fat, unrendered	6,022	17	0.94%	+11%
Other stone fruits	5,600	13	0.91%	0.0%
Rapeseed	5,474	52	0.01%	+51%
Peas, dry	5,262	57	0.04%	−12%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	4,581	89	0.05%	−28%
Cherries	4,547	43	0.15%	+14%
Molasses	4,167	104	0.01%	+39%
Quinces	3,999	15	0.58%	+14%
Honey	3,675	53	0.18%	+73%
Cotton seed	3,655	56	0.01%	−16%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	3,366	27	0.1%	−7.0%
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	3,248	61	0.01%	−5.7%
Pistachios, in shell	3,135	8	0.23%	+25%
Linseed	3,100	22	0.1%	+21%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	2,567	46	0.17%	+9.2%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	2,216	69	0.04%	+54%
Cotton lint	1,915	56	0.01%	−12%
Lentils, dry	1,750	25	0.02%	+133%
Oats	1,687	63	0.01%	−0.6%
Buttermilk, dry	1,678	48	0.26%	—
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	1,498	63	0.1%	+9.3%
Camel meat	1,485	27	0.22%	+3.5%
Sorghum	1,213	89	0%	−0.2%
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed	1,163	25	0.25%	−25%
Camel milk	1,109	24	0.03%	+1.6%
Oil of linseed	1,094	32	0.14%	+42%
Snails	995	2	5.05%	−5.4%
Other beans, green	914	84	0%	−3.8%
Carobs	810	5	1.42%	−5.8%
Cattle fat, unrendered	723	98	0.02%	−28%
Eggplants	697	82	0%	+5.1%
Horse meat, fresh or chilled	558	33	0.07%	+3.3%
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen	534	45	0.03%	+1.9%
Goat fat, unrendered	385	53	0.12%	+9.1%
Avocados	337	64	0%	+8.0%
Butter and ghee of sheep milk	330	11	0.53%	−12%
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen	289	24	0.3%	+3.6%
Asparagus	268	37	0%	+7.6%
Oil of sesame seed	268	52	0.02%	+18%
Vetches	254	20	0.04%	0.0%
Beans, dry	251	99	0%	+230%
Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c.	190	50	0.02%	−5.9%
Cranberries	186	6	0.03%	+6.3%
Mushrooms	186	61	0%	+25%
Fat of camels	185	23	0.63%	+3.9%
Pyrethrum, dried flowers	146	7	2%	−12%
Pork (pig meat)	121	162	0%	−33%
Papayas	78	69	0%	+11%
Beeswax	68	37	0.11%	+4.6%
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen	63	30	0.07%	+3.3%
Hazelnuts, in shell	47	31	0%	+6.8%
Kiwi fruit	35	25	0%	+9.4%
Other nuts	10	66	0%	0.0%
Fat of pigs	7	137	0%	−36%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	2	143	0%	−33%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	102,062,000	43	0.37%	+16%
Turkeys	12,428,000	6	5.1%	+17%
Sheep	6,094,960	48	0.45%	−10%
Goats	1,129,662	77	0.1%	−9.5%
Bees	630,000	22	0.62%	+7.0%
Cattle	495,935	122	0.03%	−26%
Asses	243,058	25	0.45%	+0.9%
Camels	239,078	21	0.54%	+1.1%
Mules and hinnies	82,277	14	1.07%	+0.2%
Horses	57,197	57	0.1%	+0.2%
Pigs	5,449	157	0%	−0.9%

Tunisia among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Tunisia, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Tunisia had 12.3 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Tomatoes	117	23.1	5.0×
Cow milk	113	97.7	1.2×
Wheat	93.7	97.8	1.0×
Olives	86.0	3.13	27.5×
Watermelons	41.1	12.9	3.2×
Chillies and peppers, green	39.4	5.49	7.2×
Potatoes	38.0	47.8	0.8×
Oranges	34.0	8.24	4.1×
Dates	32.6	1.22	26.7×
Skim milk of cows	27.3	17.5	1.6×
Barley	24.4	17.4	1.4×
Spring onions and shallots	23.4	0.68	34.2×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Tunisia reported exports of 76 and imports of 113 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Olive oil	203,455	USD 1.45 bn	7.14	4 of 102
Dates	130,706	USD 251 m	1.92	6 of 98
Tomatoes	27,465	USD 65.7 m	2.39	30 of 122
Oil of maize	19,600	USD 38.4 m	1.96	8 of 73
Peaches and nectarines	10,900	USD 12.0 m	1.10	19 of 83
Oranges	7,696	USD 7.4 m	0.96	36 of 115
Artichokes	4,576	USD 4.7 m	1.03	4 of 36
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw	1,650	USD 2.4 m	1.46	27 of 127
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	958	USD 2.2 m	2.31	53 of 148
Lettuce and chicory	2,088	USD 2.1 m	0.99	32 of 95

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Wheat	1,397,090	USD 381 m	0.27	37 of 176
Soya beans	552,003	USD 275 m	0.50	29 of 165
Maize (corn)	1,045,894	USD 210 m	0.20	39 of 190
Barley	471,972	USD 96.9 m	0.21	17 of 132
Coffee, green	17,723	USD 79.1 m	4.47	51 of 177
Palm oil	67,393	USD 67.2 m	1.00	67 of 191
Oil of maize	48,066	USD 48.5 m	1.01	1 of 147
Unmanufactured tobacco	7,262	USD 43.5 m	5.99	48 of 139
Soya bean oil	38,951	USD 37.9 m	0.97	40 of 184
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only)	59,180	USD 36.2 m	0.61	48 of 183

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Tunisia?

By volume, the largest products of Tunisia in 2024 were tomatoes (1.4 million t), cow milk (1.4 million t), wheat (1.2 million t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Tunisia the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 2nd, for snails.

How much tomatoes does Tunisia produce per person?

About 117 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 23.1 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Tunisia export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were olive oil (USD 1.45 bn), dates (USD 251 m), tomatoes (USD 65.7 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Tunisia import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were wheat (USD 381 m), soya beans (USD 275 m), maize (corn) (USD 210 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.