Tunisia
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 12.3M (2025). World rank 79 of 216; in Africa, 31 of 54. Area: 163,610 km². World rank 94 of 249; in Africa, 36 of 59. GDP per person: $4,657 (2025). World rank 143 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 12 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 11.4M → 12.3M, GDP $45.8B → $57.5B, and GDP per person $4,015 → $4,657. Better than all its neighbours (Algeria and Libya): life expectancy. Worse than all its neighbours (Algeria and Libya): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Tunisian Republic
- Local name
- تونس
- Capital
- Tunis
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Kais Saied
- Head of government
- Sarra Zaafrani
- Independence
- March 20, 1956
- Women in parliament
- 15.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 12,348,573 2025
- Area
- 163,610 km²
- GDP
- $57.5B 2025
- GDP per person
- $4,657 2025
- Life expectancy
- 76.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Tunisian Dinar (TND)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +216
- Emergency numbers
- 190, 193, 197, 198
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,148
- Neighbours
- Algeria, Libya
- Agricultural land
- 62.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jebel ech Chambi, 1,544 m
- Lowest point
- Shatt al Gharsah, -17 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 246
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 207 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 75.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.6% 2025
- Living in cities
- 70.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -14.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 23.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 9.9% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 74.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 13.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 99%
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 52.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 43.9 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 46.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 46.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 45.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $15,233 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $4,300 2025
- Inflation
- +5.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 31 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 10.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 22% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 62.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 15.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 38.1% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 26.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 46.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 54.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -2.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 6.7% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 20.1% 2012
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.7 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.7% 2021
Education
- Adult literacy
- 86.3% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 104% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 90.3% 2016
- Higher education enrolment
- 38.1% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.7% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $318 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 37.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.3 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.2 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.8 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 9.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 12.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 36 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 16% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 57.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 24.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 96.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.7 2020
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 16.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 1.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 53.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 18.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 4.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 5.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 346 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 98.1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 76.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 118 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 15 2024
- Internet domain
- .tn
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,570 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 11.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 2.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 94.3% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 4,110,265 2023
- Airports
- 14 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,173 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.8% 2019
- Researchers per million people
- 1,668 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 5,493 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 225 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 7.7% 2023