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Tunisia · Finances and debt
Period
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · copied on 2026-11-11
Public finances and external accounts
A fiscal deficit of 5.3 % of GDP
Tunisia: in 2025, the general government spent 5.3 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 81.7 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 3.3 % (IMF).
- Fiscal balance · 2025
- −5.3 %
- of GDP · +3.8 pt since 2020
- Public debt · 2025
- 81.7 %
- of GDP · +4.0 pt since 2020
- Current account · 2025
- −3.3 %
- of GDP · +2.7 pt since 2020
Fiscal balance, % of GDP
Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections
Chart data as a table
| Year | Tunisia | North Africa |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | −4.9 % | −11.2 % |
| 2016 | −5.9 % | −11.4 % |
| 2017 | −5.6 % | −7.8 % |
| 2018 | −4.3 % | −4.9 % |
| 2019 | −3.6 % | −5.1 % |
| 2020 | −9.1 % | −9.0 % |
| 2021 | −7.8 % | −5.5 % |
| 2022 | −7.0 % | −3.7 % |
| 2023 | −7.3 % | −5.6 % |
| 2024 | −6.4 % | −9.4 % |
| 2025 · estimate | −5.3 % | −8.1 % |
| 2026 · projection | −8.6 % | −9.6 % |
| 2027 · projection | −7.0 % | −8.8 % |
| 2028 · projection | −5.9 % | −8.3 % |
| 2029 · projection | −5.7 % | −6.5 % |
| 2030 · projection | −5.9 % | −5.7 % |
- Tunisia
- North Africa
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)
Current account, % of GDP
Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world
Chart data as a table
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2015 | −9.1 % |
| 2016 | −9.7 % |
| 2017 | −9.7 % |
| 2018 | −10.8 % |
| 2019 | −8.1 % |
| 2020 | −6.0 % |
| 2021 | −6.0 % |
| 2022 | −9.0 % |
| 2023 | −2.1 % |
| 2024 | −1.3 % |
| 2025 · estimate | −3.3 % |
| 2026 · projection | −4.9 % |
| 2027 · projection | −5.3 % |
| 2028 · projection | −4.2 % |
| 2029 · projection | −3.7 % |
| 2030 · projection | −3.2 % |
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Currency
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.
- Currency
- TND
- Tunisian dinar
- Exchange regime
- —
- no fixed peg
- Inflation · 2025
- 5.3 %
- average annual change in consumer prices
Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Debt
A debt owed first to multilateral lenders
At the end of 2025, Tunisia owed 21.0 bn$ in public external debt (World Bank). 0.2 % of it was owed to China, 64.8 % to multilateral institutions and 7.5 % to bond holders.
- Public debt · 2025
- 81.7 %
- of GDP · IMF
- External debt · 2025
- 41.5 bn$
- public and private · World Bank
- Public external debt · 2025
- 21.0 bn$
- owed or guaranteed by the State
- Debt service · 2024
- 16.2 %
- of exports of goods, services and income
Public external debt by creditor
Share of the total at the end of each year
- Multilateral (IMF, World Bank, AfDB…)
- 64.8 %
- China
- 0.2 %
- Other countries
- 26.8 %
- Bonds (Eurobonds)
- 7.5 %
- Banks and other private lenders
- 0.8 %
Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics (updated 2026-11-05) · public and publicly guaranteed external debt, end of year · CC BY 4.0 · shares: Syli Atlas calculation