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Indicators of economy in Tunisia

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12.259 USD per capita. GDP in Tunisia, on the other hand, reached USD 3.924 per capita, or 46.84 billion USD in the whole country. Tunisia is therefore currently ranked 88 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Tunisia is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 105.

Inflation in Tunisia was in 2021 at around 5.71%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 69.1% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.


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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

Overall, the gross domestic product in Tunisia in 2020 increased from 41.77 billion US Dollar to 42.51 billion US Dollar. Certainly, there have been shifts in numerous sectors of the economy, but a 1.8 percent increase has been rather unusual this year. While most countries have suffered significant losses, Tunisia has certainly held its own. The tourism sector alone slumped by around 62 percent. The unemployment rate rose from 15.1 to 16.6 percent. The inflation rate has fallen from 6.7 percent previously to 5.6 percent by the end of 2020.

Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2021

Economic performance 2021

 Tunisia
Total		Tunisia
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
GDP46.84 bn USD3,924.34 USD17.09 tn USD33,228.68 USD
Gross national product43.31 bn USD3,628.23 USD16.78 tn USD32,621.03 USD


Tunisia ranked 57th in the Bloomberg Innovation Index in 2021. The index is calculated annually and most recently included 60 countries. The front-runner was South Korea.

Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1970 - 2021


› Debt budget development
› Development of inflation
› Corruption in Tunisia
› Cost of living in a global comparison

Im- and Exports 2020

 Tunisia
Total		Tunisia
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
Imports19.51 bn USD1,634.44 USD8,916.24 bn USD17,337.55 USD
Exports16.00 bn USD1,340.48 USD9,554.34 bn USD18,578.33 USD


Development of imports and exports in billions of USD 1976 - 2020

Exports
Imports



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