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 Geographical data |
| Land surface |
162,155 km2 |
| Situation |
North Africa, 140 km from Italy
1,300 km of coastline along the Mediterranean |
| Climate |
Mediterranean, 12 °C in winter and 29°C in summer |
| Time zone |
GMT + 1 |
| Capital |
Tunis (2 millions inhabitants) |
| Main cities |
Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, Nabeul, Gabès, Kairouan, Jendouba, Béja | | |
| Languages |
| Official |
Arabic |
| Common languages |
French, English, Italian | | |
| Population |
| Population (2009) |
10.432 million inhabitants |
| Growth rate |
1.19% |
| Population living in cities |
65.8% |
| Working population |
35.2% of the population at large |
| Middle class |
80% |
| Literacy rate |
80.6% |
| Life expectancy |
74.3 year |
| GDP/inhabitant |
4,853.2 Tunisian dinar | | |
| Institutions |
| System |
presidential |
| Administrative organization |
24 governorates subdivided into delegations | | |
| Currency |
| Tunisian Dinar (TND) |
1 TND = 1,000 millimes |
| Exchange rate |
2008 average
1 TND = 0.741 USD
1 TND = 0.532 Euro
1 TND = 69.428 JPY | | |
| Economic data |
|
2009 |
2010 (Estimate) |
| GDP growth |
3.0 % |
4.0 % |
| Export growth |
-13.0 % |
8.2 % |
| Investment rate (as % of GDP) |
25.9 % |
26.5 % |
| Savings rate (as % of GNAI) |
23.1 % |
23.3 % |
| Budget deficit (as % of GDP) |
3.8 % |
3.6 % |
Rate of external indebtedness
(as % of GNAI) |
41.5 % |
39.5 % |
| Debt service ratio (as % of current income) |
11.4 % |
9.6 % | |
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Economic budget 2010,
Ministry of Development and International Cooperation | | |
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