Economy - overview:
Tunisia has a diverse, market-oriented economy, with important agricultural, mining, tourism, and manufacturing sectors but faces an array of challenges. Following an ill-fated experiment wih socialist economic policies in the 1960s, Tunisia successfully focused on bolstering exports, foreign investment, and tourism. Key exports now inclulde textiles and apparel, food products, petroleum products, chemicals, and phosphates, with about 80% going to the European Union. Tunisia achieved four decades of 4-5% annual GDP growth. As the presidency wore on, ronyism and corruption under former President Zine el Abidine BEN ALI (1987-2011) stymied economic performance and unemployment rose among the university's graduates. In January 2011 BEN ALI was overthrown, sending Tunisia's economy into a tailspin. The country's newly elected government faces immediate challenges stabilizing the economy. It must reassure businesses and investors, bring budget and current account deficits under control, shore up the country's financial system, bring down high unemployment, and reduce economic disparities between the more developed coastal region and impoverished interior.
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NOTE: 1) The information regarding Tunisia on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tunisia Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tunisia Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$101.7 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$48.9 billion (2011 est.)
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0% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
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$9,500 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 10.6%
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industry: 34.6%
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services: 54.8% (2010 est.)
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3.904 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
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agriculture: 18.3%
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industry: 31.9%
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services: 49.8% (2009 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]
16% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
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3.8% (2005 est.)
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lowest 10%: 2.3%
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highest 10%: 31.5% (2000)
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40 (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
25.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
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revenues: $10.39 billion
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expenditures: $14.57 billion (2011 est.)
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21.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147
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-8.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
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51.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
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3.7% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
5.75% (31 December 2010 est.)
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NA% (31 December 2011)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$13.77 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$31.48 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
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$34.43 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$10.68 billion (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
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olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beets, dates, almonds; beef, dairy products
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages
0% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
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14.4 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
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12.49 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
129 million kWh (2008 est.)
[see also: Electricity - exports country ranks ]
7 million kWh (2008 est.)
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83,720 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
84,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
91,200 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
78,460 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
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3.6 billion cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
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4.85 billion cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
1.25 billion cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
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65.13 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$4.576 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 170
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$17.86 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
France 26.5%, Italy 17.4%, Germany 9.6%, Libya 6.2%, UK 5.6%, Spain 4.2% (2010)
$23.4 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs
France 20.4%, Italy 20.2%, Germany 9.1%, Spain 5.2%, China 4.5% (2010)
$8.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$25.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$32.51 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]
$310 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad country ranks ]
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar -
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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