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How much olive oil does Tunisia produce and export?

Tunisia is the 5th largest producer of olive oil: 210,000 tonnes in 2023, 8% of the world's 2.6 million tonnes (FAOSTAT). It is the 3rd largest exporter by value: $1.6 billion in 2024, 10% of world exports of olive oil (HS 1509) (CEPII BACI). Its biggest customer is the United States, which takes 28% of its olive oil exports by value.

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Tunisia's olive oil production

Tunisia olive oil production, 2023
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
5210,000 tonnes8%+1.1% a year2023

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2023. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

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Tunisia olive oil production

Share of world output over time

Tunisia's share of world olive oil production in selected years
19902000201020202023
11%4.6%5.5%12%8%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 4.4%, 1970s 7.3%, 1980s 5.8%, 1990s 8%, 2000s 5.5%, 2010s 6.5%, 2020s 8.2%. See the concentration-over-time report.

Tunisia's olive oil exports

Tunisia exports of Olive oil and its fractions, 2024
World rankExport valueShare of world exportsQuantity (tonnes)Average value per tonneYear
3$1.6 billion10%192,576 t$8,4712024

CEPII BACI international trade database (HS22, V202601), HS 1509 (Olive oil and its fractions).

Where Tunisia's olive oil goes

Largest destinations of Tunisia's olive oil exports, 2024
DestinationValueShare of Tunisia's exports
United States$463M28%
Italy$434M27%
Spain$399M24%
Canada$111M6.8%
France$75M4.6%

Largest five destinations of 3,515 exporter-importer pairs BACI reports for 2024. See trade flows.

How much olive oil Tunisia uses

Tunisia's domestic supply of olive oil was 70 thousand tonnes in 2023, 2.3% of the world's. Food supply was 5.8 kg per person a year, 5th highest of 141 countries with a million or more people. It produced 438% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 4%. FAO's item is "Olive oil". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

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