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Tunisian Republic
Capital Tunis
Languages Arabic
Currency Tunisian dinar
People 12.3 million (2025)
Neighbours 2 Greetings from
Tunisia
8th lowest fixed broadband download speed 30 Mbps · #8 of 197 · 2026 16th highest unemployment 15.1% · #16 of 186 · 2025 17th lowest rainfall 178 mm · #17 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg TUN COUNTRYDUEL
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Picked for surprise among Tunisia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Tunisia among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Tunisia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 163,610 km² 91st of 205 2024 Coastline 1,148 km 74th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 1,544 m 138th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 4.4% 176th of 207 2024 Farmland 62.1% 38th of 205 2024 Population 12.3 million 79th of 210 2025 Population density 79 per km² 120th of 209 2025 Height of men 176.9 cm 45th of 196 2019 Height of women 161.7 cm 79th of 196 2019 Median age 32.1 years 99th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.82 children per woman 112th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 9.9% 95th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0.2 per 1,000 116th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $57.5 billion 94th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$15,234 119th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 33.7 89th of 155 2021 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 0.7% 92nd of 142 2021 Unemployment 15.1% 16th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $318 111th of 193 2023 Military spending 2.5% 44th of 161 2025 Life expectancy 76.7 years 83rd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 9.7 per 1,000 114th of 194 2024 Doctors 1.3 per 1,000 107th of 190 2021 Hospital beds 1.8 per 1,000 100th of 158 2023 Suicide rate 2.9 per 100k 167th of 185 2023 Adult obesity 27.7% 78th of 195 2024 Smoking 24.4% 52nd of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 4.80 112th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 1.7 litres 150th of 195 2023 Meat supply 30.9 kg 131st of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,432 kcal 30th of 189 2023 Working hours 2,288 hours 19th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 7.6 years 130th of 193 2023 Internet users 77% 119th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 30 Mbps 190th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 71% 82nd of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 118 97th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 2.7 t 109th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 4% 172nd of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 20.2 µg/m³ 84th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 4.7 per 100k 53rd of 160 2020 Road deaths 20.4 per 100k 80th of 185 2023 Average temperature 21°C 109th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 178 mm 171st of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0.8 50th of 160 2026 Railway network 1,777 km 74th of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 0.33 76th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.53 78th of 179 2022 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 31% 168th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 10 33rd of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 18 68th of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Tunisia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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