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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Tunisia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Tunisia best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 6.0 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 39.9 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 144.2 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6.7% | 4.2% | 3% | 3.5% | -1.9% | 4% | 2.9% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 2% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.11% | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
4.4% | 3.6% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
15.2% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.4% | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
55.4% | 62.3% | 70.6% | 77% | 74.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
-5.3% | -6.2% | -5.9% | -4.6% | -4.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 8.5 billion | USD 8.9 billion | USD 8.3 billion |
-6.9% (2017 estimate)
40.8% (2015)
0.09% (2015)
0.06% (2015)
Clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
Textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs
France 28.5%, Italy 17.2%, Germany 10.9%, Libya 6.1%, Spain 4.2% (2015)
France 19.4%, Italy 16.4%, Algeria 8.2%, Germany 7.4%, China 6% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 1,117 million | USD 1,063 million | USD 1,002 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 22 million | USD 22 million | USD 33 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 77 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 103 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 76 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 92 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 101 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 118 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 92 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 106 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 59 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 40 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 58 out of 190 countries
95 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 114 / Score: 57.55 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce), Berber (Tamazight)
Note: despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two-thirds of the population
Muslim (official; Sunni) 99.1%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Shia Muslim, and Baha'i) 1%
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
8.154 million | 9.553 million | 10.547 million | 11.224 million | 11.809 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
38% | 51% | 63% | 67% |
Total population: 81.8%
Male: 89.6%
Female: 74.2% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
2.1% (2010)
35.8 (2010)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 3 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 8.40% Mobile 129.91% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)