Tunisia

Official Name:

Tunisian Republic (Tunisia)

Area:

163.610 km ²

Population (2007):

10.276.158 inhabitants

Coastline:

1.148 km

Capital:

Tunis

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Skhira

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm

Political divisions:

24 governorates; Ariana (Aryanah), Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah), Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn), Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba (Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul (Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana (Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar), Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)

Language(s):

Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 20 March (1956)

Nationality:

Tunisian(s)

Official time:

UTC 1.

Member of:

ABEDA, ACCT, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BSEC (observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC (suspended), OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.tn

Economic Profile

Currency:

Tunisian dinar (TND)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD8.800 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 33.290.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

5,1% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 12,8%
• Industry: 31%
• Services: 56,2%

Labor force:

3.502.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1995):

• Agriculture 55%
• Industry:23%
• Services 22%

Unemployment rate:

13,9% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

4,6% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

22,3% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD7.728.000.000
• Expenditures: USD8.734.000.000

Public debt:

57,3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -760.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 11.610.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons

Exports - Partners:

France 32,9%, Italy 24%, Germany 8,4%, Spain 5,5%, Libya 4,5% (2005)

Imports:

USD 13.890.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

France 23,5%, Italy 20,9%, Germany 8,2%, Spain 5,1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 6.646.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD18.370.000.000 (2006)