How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia
Tunisia: How have things changed?, per square kilometre was 0.831 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.831 metric tons per square kilometre
Change on year
down 3.1%
World rank
108th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.8902 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2019
All-time low
0.1459 metric tons per square kilometre
in 1970
Years of data
59
1965–2023
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia, 1965–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia stood at 0.831 metric tons per square kilometre.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia peaked at 0.8902 metric tons per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1459 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1970.
That places Tunisia 108th out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.1493 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0.1686 metric tons per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 0.1816 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 0.1833 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1939 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1459 metric tons per square kilometre | -24.8% |
| 1971 | 0.1665 metric tons per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 1972 | 0.1821 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1974 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 0.2726 metric tons per square kilometre | +38.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2914 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 0.322 metric tons per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 0.3588 metric tons per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 0.3632 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.3846 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 0.3934 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.3738 metric tons per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4107 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4384 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 0.4883 metric tons per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5782 metric tons per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5883 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.629 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 0.6448 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.6046 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 0.5486 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 0.5569 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.5613 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5369 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 0.5596 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.5421 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.5464 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5681 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 0.5789 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6018 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6194 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.6398 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6353 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5944 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7252 metric tons per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7193 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7354 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6904 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 0.6444 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6368 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.6348 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7033 metric tons per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7548 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 0.7833 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8113 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8465 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7851 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8247 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8219 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8902 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8248 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8297 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8574 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.831 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.1% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 0.831 metric tons per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6435 metric tons per square kilometre, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 0.831 metric tons per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.6458 metric tons per square kilometre, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +38.1% | 0.1974 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2726 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1754 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1493 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1939 metric tons per square kilometre | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.2684 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1459 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3846 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5149 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3738 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6448 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5601 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.5369 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6018 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.664 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.5944 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.7354 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7856 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6348 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.8902 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8357 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.8248 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.8574 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 105 Bahamas 0.8692 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 106 United Arab Emirates 0.8688 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 107 Italy 0.861 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 109 Azerbaijan 0.8046 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 110 Nepal 0.7934 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 111 Burundi 0.7911 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Tunisia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.148 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1317 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4961 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1849 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7169 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia?
- How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Tunisia was 0.831 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8902 metric tons per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1459 metric tons per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Tunisia rank for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Tunisia ranks 108th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is how have things changed?, per square kilometre rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
How have things changed? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.