Tunisia at a Glance

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• Area: 162,155 km²
• Geographical location: North Africa, 140 km from Italy, with 1,300 km of Mediterranean coastline
• Coastline length: 1,435 km
• Climate: Mediterranean
• Time zone: GMT +1
• Currency: Tunisian Dinar (TND)
• Capital: Tunis (2.4 million inhabitants including suburbs)
• Main cities: Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, Nabeul, Gabès, Kairouan, Gafsa, Kasserine, Béja

Demographic data

• Total population: 11.400 million inhabitants
• Age structure:
  • 0–14 years: 23.03%
  • 15–24 years: 15.53%
  • 25–54 years: 44.58%
  • 55–64 years: 8.82%
  • 65 years and over: 8.04%
• Median age: 31 years
• Population growth rate: 0.98%
• Population density: 65 inhabitants per km²
• Life expectancy: 74.3 years
• Fertility rate: 1.83 children per woman (2023)

Infrastructure and networks

• Airports: 15
• Main ports: Bizerte, Gabès, Radès, Sfax, Skhira
• Road network: 19,418 km, including 14,756 km of paved roads and 357 km of motorways
  • Tunis – Sfax: 239 km
  • Tunis – Bizerte: 51 km
  • Tunis – Oued Zarga: 67 km

Economic and social indicators

• Human Development Index (HDI): 0.721
• Labour force: 47.3% of the total population
• Workforce distribution:
  • Agriculture: 14.8%
  • Industry: 33.2%
  • Services: 51.7%
• Unemployment rate: 15%
• Middle class: 80%
• Nominal GDP: USD 53.41 billion (2024)
• Nominal GDP per capita: USD 4,350.37 (2024)
• GDP by sector: Agriculture: 9.3%, Industry: 26.6%, Services: 61.1% (2023)
• Economic growth rate: 1.4% (2024) and 1.3% (2023)
• Inflation rate: 7% (2024) and 9.3% (2023)
• Top ten agricultural products by tonnage: milk, tomatoes, olives, onions, peppers, watermelons, potatoes, wheat, dates and oranges (2023)
• Top five export products by value in US dollars: clothing, insulated wires, olive oil, refined petroleum and crude petroleum (2023)
• Top five export partners by share of exports: France (22%), Italy (17%), Germany (13%), United States (4%), Libya (4%)

Resources and energy

• Oil production, imports and consumption:
  • Production: 35 thousand barrels/day
  • Consumption: 104 thousand barrels/day
  • Imports: 22,000 barrels/day
  • Proven reserves: 425 million barrels
• Electricity production:
  • Installed generation capacity: 6.639 million kW (2023 est.)
  • Consumption: 19.153 billion kWh (2023 est.)
  • Exports: 80 million kWh (2023 est.)
  • Imports: 2.576 billion kWh (2023 est.)
• Electricity generation sources:
  • Fossil fuels: 96.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
  • Solar: 2.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
  • Wind: 1.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

Society and administration

• Access to the healthcare system:
  • Urban: 97%
  • Rural: 79%
• Official language: Arabic
• Commonly used languages: French, English, Italian
• Administrative organisation: 24 governorates subdivided into delegations

Currency and telecommunications

• Currency: Tunisian Dinar (TND)
• BCT exchange rates as of 27 September 2025:
  • €1 = TND 3.41
  • USD 1 = TND 2.91
• Number of internet users: 10 million, representing 79% of the population
• Telecommunications:
  • Fixed lines: 1.863 million
  • Mobile lines: 16.4 million (2023)