Tunisia

Tunisia's unemployment rate of 15.1% stands out against otherwise steady figures. Real GDP grew 2.5% in 2025, while US$ GDP rose 11.8% to US$57.5 billion; the 9.4-percentage-point gap was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output. Tunisia still slipped 1 place to 94th, behind Cameroon and ahead of Macao SAR, China.

Services make up 62.7% of output, industry 22.0% and agriculture 10.3%, with manufacturing at 14.8% as of 2024. Inflation was 5.2% and government gross debt 81.7% of GDP.

The ranking has slid over time. Tunisia stood 66th in 2000, with GDP of US$21.5 billion, and has grown 2.7x since. With 12.3 million people, output per person is US$4,657, 129th of 196, and $15,233 international dollars on a purchasing-power basis, 116th. The economy is about the size of the Midland, TX metro area. The IMF projects US$66.7 billion by 2030, up 16%, which would place Tunisia 96th among economies with forecasts.