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FOCUS ON TUNISIA
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Basic Data
•Total area :162 155 Km2
•Population :9.931 million in
habitants
•Population Growth rate: 1.08%
•Working population :34% of total population
•Capital Tunis (2,25 millions inhabitants
including suburban areas)
•Main cities Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, Nabeul, Gabès, Kairouan,
Jendouba, Béja
•Currency: Tunisian dinar (TD)
•Exchange rate: 1 TD = 0.754$
= 0.598 Euro ( 2006)
•Main resources Agriculture, Mining, Industry, Services
•Main exported products Textile and leather goods, phosphate and
chemicals, farming products, electrical and mechanical goods
•Main imported products Raw materials, equipment, consumer goods
2/ Social and economic indicators (2005)
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GNP (per capita)
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3530,1 DT
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GDP
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37,2
Milliards DT
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GDP growth rate
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6,2 %
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GDP Structure :
- Agriculture and fishery
- Manufacturing industries
- Non manufacturing industries
-Services
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14,3 %
20,2 %
11,4 %
54,1 %
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Average inflation
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2.0 %
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Exportations
-Goods
-Services
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17,8
Milliards DT
13,46
Milliards DT
4,38
Milliards DT
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Direct foreign investment
-Investment rate
-National saving rate
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1000,0
Millions DT
70 Millions DT |
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Investment rate
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22,6 % du PIB
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National saving rate
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21,3 % du
PIB
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Debt rate
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51,7 % du PIB
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Current deficit
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2,5 % du PIB
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Debt service rate
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14,4 % des recettes courantes
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Public budget deficit
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2,8 % du PIB
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DATA
ON TUNISIAN AGRICULTURE
Contribution to economic growths
• GDP = 13.8 %
• total manpower = 16,3%
• 8,2 % in exports of goods
Main agricultural assets
• cereal crops, garden
crops, olives, citrus fruit, dates, fish and shell
fish
Main exports
• olive oil, dates, citrus fruit, vegetables, fish and shell
fish
Main imports
• sugar, cereal, and vegetable oil
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