| Geographic location |
| Area |
162 155 Km² |
| Location |
North Africa, 140 Km from l'Italie
1300 Km of coasting along the Mediterranean |
| Climate |
Mediterranean |
| Time zone |
GMT +1 |
| Capital |
Tunis |
| Population |
| Population |
9.890 million inhabitants |
| Working Population |
35% of overall population |
| Official language |
Arabe |
| Langues véhiculaires |
French, English, Italien |
| Institutions |
| System |
Presidential |
| Administrative Organisation |
24 gouvernorates subdivided into 261 delegations |
| Currency |
| Tunisian Dinar (TND) |
1 TND = 1.000 millimes |
| Exchange rate |
| 1 TND |
= 0.730 USD |
| = 0.620 Euro |
| = 86.449 JPY |
| Key figures (2005 prediction) |
| GDP growth |
5.5 % |
| Export growth |
8.5 % |
| Investment rate (as % of GDP) |
23.1 % |
| Saving rate (as % of GDP) |
22.5 % |
| Inflation rate |
2.5 % |
| Budget deficit (as % of GDP) |
3 % |
| Rate of debit services (as % of GNAI) |
47 % |
| Debt service ratio (as % of availble revenue) |
13.9 % |
| Competitiveness |
| Standard & Poor's |
BBB |
| Moody's |
Baa2 |
| IBCA |
BBB |
| I&R |
BBB+ |
