| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $68.23 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
5.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $6,900 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 13.9%
industry: 32.2%
services: 53.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
7.6% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.8% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
3.461 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $6.101 billion
expenditures: $6.855 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-0.1% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
10.48 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 99.5%
hydro: 0.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
9.748 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
1 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
olives, olive oil, grain, dairy products, tomatoes, citrus fruit, beef, sugar beets, dates, almonds |
| Exports : |
$8.035 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, agricultural products, hydrocarbons |
| Exports - Partners : |
France 31.5%, Italy 20.5%, Germany 10.7%, Libya 4.9%, Belgium 4.5%, Spain 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$10.3 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 26.6%, Italy 20.3%, Germany 8.8%, Spain 5.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$14.39 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$378 million (2001) |
| Currency : |
Tunisian dinar (TND) |
| Currency Code : |
TND |
| Exchange Rates : |
Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.2885 (2003), 1.4217 (2002), 1.4387 (2001), 1.3707 (2000), 1.1862 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
