International Rankings of Tunisia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Tunisia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Tunisia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	103	10.27	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	69	1.193 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	104	64.19 %	2018
Internet users - total	71	7.392 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	116	12.51	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	66	1.454 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	63	127.11	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	70	14.771 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	87	12.210 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	89	9.876 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	81	5.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	67	58.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	58	68.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	14	94.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	66	74.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	99	38.884 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	73	43.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	45	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	60	71.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	121	55.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	89	19.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	79	10.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	86	26.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	79	63.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	75	27 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	81	0.5 %	2017
Labor force	90	4.054 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	82	14.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	13	33.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	101	51.7 %	2014
Population below poverty line	114	15.2	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	83	125.783 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	115	10756 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	98	24.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	83	23.420 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	42	39980	2015
Crude oil - imports	66	17580	2015
Crude oil - production	57	39000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	44	425.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	80	15.270 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	67	500.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	7	94	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	68	1	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	36	5	2017
Electricity - imports	95	134.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	78	5.768 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	78	18.440 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	58	5.125 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	41	3.851 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	61	1.274 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	57	65.130 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	79	102000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	75	13660 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	59	85340 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	85	27770 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	71	29.94 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	101	7.89 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	38	35.66 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	31	64.8	2018
Land use - arable land	55	18.3	2018
Land use - forest	155	6.6	2018
Land use - other	83	28.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	17	15.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	44	31.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	76	0.21 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	145	4.615 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	56	3.773 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	53	965.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	125	137.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	94	1.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	74	69.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	63	2.700 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	79	108000 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	74	4 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	92	155360 sq km	0
Area - total	92	163610 sq km	0
Area - water	74	825093 sq km	0
Coastline	77	1148 km	0
Elevation - highest point	110	1544 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	43	17 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	117	246 meters	0
Irrigated land	57	4590 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	106	1495 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	31	64.8	2018
Land use - arable land	55	18.3	2018
Land use - forest	155	6.6	2018
Land use - other	83	28.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	17	15.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	44	31.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	144	4.615 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	137	12.9 %	5888
Age structure - 25-54 years	56	42.85 %	6335
Age structure - 55-64 years	90	10.12 %	8140
Birth rate	109	15.21 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	74	50.7 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	38	7.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	123	6.35 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	69	13.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	84	7.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	109	49.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	94	36.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	82	5.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	87	1.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	14	6.6 % of GDP	2015
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	92	4500	2020
Hospital bed density	47	2.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	115	10.57 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	116	13.67 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	115	12.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	94	78.36 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	65	74.88 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	85	76.57 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	85	43	2017
Median age - female	78	33.3 years	2020
Median age - male	70	32 years	0
Median age - total	71	32.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	115	1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	35	26.9 %	2016
Physicians density	98	1.3 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	78	11.811 million	2021
Population growth rate	103	0.75 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	21	97.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	96	7.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	87	4.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	2.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	84	2.03 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	25	37.2	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	12	33.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	19	34.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	94	1.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	74	69.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	33	6	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	63	15	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	83	14	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	84	13.230 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	64	4.274 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	63	53	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - total	69	2173 km	1991
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Tunisia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tunisia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tunisia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.