Arab Country Profiles
- Country name : Tunisian Republic
- Capital : Tunis
- Area : 163,610 km²
- Population : 11,635,469 (2018)
- Population growth rate : 1.1% (2017)
- Life expectancy at birth : 75.7 years (2017)
- Age structure : 0-14 years : 25.15% - 15-64 years : 66.91% - 65 years and over : 7.95%
- Urbanisation : 67.05% (2017)
- Labour force : 4.14 million (2016)
- Gross Domestic Product : $42.1 billion (2016)
- GDP – real growth rate : 2% (2017)
- GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 10% - industry : 25.9% - services : 63.5%
- GDP – per capita : $4265.4 (2016)
- Natural resources : petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt
- Industries : petroleum, mining (iron ore, phosphates), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness
- Industrial production growth rate : 0.5% (2017)
- Land use : arable land : 18.3% - permanent crops : 15.4% - other : 66.3%
- Agricultural products : olives, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beet, dates, almonds, beef, dairy products
- Exports in general : $12.9 billion (2016)
- Exports to Belgium : $237.4 million (2017)
- Exports – commodities : clothing and textiles, semi-finished goods, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates, chemicals, electrical equipment
- Exports – partners : France (34%), Italy (18), Germany (11), Algeria (5.1), Libya (3.4) (2017)
- Imports in general : $18.8 billion (2016)
- Imports from Belgium : $364.9 million (2017)
- Imports – commodities : textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs
- Imports – partners : France (16%), Italy (15), China (9.7),Germany (8), Spain (4.4) (2017)
- Current account balance : -$3.487 billion (2017)
- Budget : revenues : $9.397 billion - expenditures : $11.61 billion (2017)
- Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : $5.699 billion (31 December 2017)
