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Tunisia

TUN · North Africa / Maghreb

Tunisia

Presidential recentralization since 2021, economy under stress, migration dossier central to relations with the EU.

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Data refreshed on 2026.05.10 · source: Wikidata

Composite reading — institute

Risque élevé

4.9 /10 risk

  • Security 0.0
  • Legitimacy 4.5
  • Economy 3.5
  • Diplomacy 7.4
  • Influence 0.0

Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.

Capital
Tunis
Population
12,000,000 inh.
Area
163,610 km²
Currency
TND
Regime
Presidential republic

Executive in office

Kaïs Saïed

Head of State

Kaïs Saïed

since 2019.10.23

Sarra Zaafrani

Head of Government

Sarra Zaafrani

since 2025.03.21

Economic indicators World Bank · 2025

GDP

51 G$

2024 ↑ +6.5 % vs 2023

GDP / capita

4,181 $

2024 ↑ +5.8 % vs 2023

Growth

1.6 %

2024 ↑ +1.4 pt vs 2023

Inflation

7.2 %

2024 ↓ -2.1 pt vs 2023

Unemployment

15.1 %

2025 ↓ -0.2 pt vs 2024

Defense / GDP

2.5 %

2024 ↑ +0.0 pt vs 2023

Life expectancy

76.7 yrs

2024 ↑ +0.3 % vs 2023

Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House · CPI · RSF · 2024

Democracy (V-Dem)

0.32/1

#116 autocratie électorale

Freedoms (Freedom House)

56/100

Partly Free

Corruption (CPI)

39/100

#922024

Press freedom (RSF)

52/100

#1182024

Key treaties UN Treaty Collection · IAEA · ICRC · OPCW

  • NPT

    1968 Ratified

  • CTBT

    1996 Ratified

  • TPNW

    2017 Signed, not ratified

  • Rome Statute

    1998 Ratified

  • Genocide

    1948 Ratified

  • Geneva

    1949 Ratified

  • Ottawa Mine Ban

    1997 Ratified

  • Oslo Cluster Munitions

    2008 Ratified

  • Arms Trade Treaty

    2013 Ratified

  • Paris Agreement

    2015 Ratified

Political calendar Wikipedia · IFES · NDI

Upcoming

  • 2029-10

    Présidentielle

Last election

  • 2024-10-06

    Présidentielle

    Kaïs Saïed 90.7% (opposants emprisonnés) — participation 28.8%

Last institutional rupture Auto-coup constitutionnel 25 juillet 2021 (Saïed)

Alliances

  • Ligue arabe
  • OCI
  • Union africaine

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