International Rankings of Tunisia 2022, 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	42	11	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	66	1.334 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	36	72 %	2020
Internet users - total	62	8.509 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	13	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	60	1.533 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	44	126.31	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	69	14.771 million	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	85	12.210 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	87	9.876 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	77	5.8 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	97	38.884 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	69	43.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	40	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	58	71.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	116	55.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	87	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	77	10.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	81	26.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	75	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	80	0.5 %	2017
Labor force	89	4.054 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	14.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	12	33.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	95	51.7 %	2014
Population below poverty line	109	15.2	2015
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	78	114.970 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	95	9700 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	93	24.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	23	37.2	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	12	33.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	16	34.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	117	16000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	58	10.694 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	82	12.982 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	113	5000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	104	5000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	75	16.737 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	66	631.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	84	472.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	79	5.777 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	56	3.641 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	18	95.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	123	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	54	1.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	50	2.6 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	109	35.620 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	59	5.280 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	39	4.306 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	66	1.026 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	57	65.129 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	43	29400 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	71	10200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	45	425.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	79	107700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	58	42500 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	73	13660 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	58	85340 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	83	27770 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	69	29.94 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	99	7.89 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	37	35.66 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	30	64.8	2018
Land use - arable land	53	18.3	2018
Land use - forest	146	6.6	2018
Land use - other	79	28.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	15	15.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	43	31.1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	75	0.21 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	141	4.615 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	55	3.773 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	51	965.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	123	137.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	92	1.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	61	70.2	2022
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	72	4 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	90	155360 sq km	0
Area - total	90	163610 sq km	0
Area - water	72	825093 sq km	0
Coastline	71	1148 km	0
Elevation - highest point	107	1544 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	41	17 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	115	246 meters	0
Irrigated land	60	3920 sq km	2013
Land boundaries - total	104	1495 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	30	64.8	2018
Land use - arable land	53	18.3	2018
Land use - forest	146	6.6	2018
Land use - other	79	28.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	15	15.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	43	31.1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	130	12.9	5888
Age structure - 25-54 years	51	42.85	6335
Age structure - 55-64 years	85	10.12	8140
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	104	0.99 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	59	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	117	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	124	1.51 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	66	0.32 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	111	14.62 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	90	1.6 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	70	50.7 %	2018
Current health expenditure	42	7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	114	6.36 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	77	13.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	86	7.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	107	50.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	97	36.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	86	2.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	91	0.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	12	7.3 % of GDP	2016
Hospital bed density	48	2.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	113	10.32 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	113	13.32 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	111	11.87 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	87	78.6 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	62	75.14 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	76	76.82 years	0
Literacy - female	80	74.2 %	2015
Literacy - male	51	89.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	66	81.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	84	43 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	74	33.3 years	2020
Median age - male	69	32 years	0
Median age - total	67	32.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	114	1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	32	26.9 %	2016
Physicians density	95	1.3 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	78	11.897 million	2022
Population growth rate	97	0.69 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	12	98.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	107	0.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	104	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	81	1.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	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	20	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	90	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	20	47.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	43	24.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	82	2 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	92	1.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	61	70.2	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	23	37.2	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	12	33.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	16	34.9	0
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	32	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	15	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	82	14	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	90	71	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	82	13.230 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	63	4.274 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	62	53	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - standard gauge	48	471	2014
Railways - total	67	2173 km	2014
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

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