Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
33.8%
+7.3 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
2.50%
+0.8 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
81.7%
of GDP · +16 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
12.3m
34.8% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Tunisia yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 2.5% to 4.3% of GDP between 2000 and 2023.
Defence fell from 1.7% to 1.2% of GDP between 1995 and 2010, then rose to 2.5% by 2025.
Education fell from 6.4% to 5.8% of GDP between 1995 and 2002, then rose to 6.7% by 2023.
Total spending fell from 26.6% to 22.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2006, then rose to 33.8% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 65.6% to 38.8% of GDP between 1995 and 2010, then rose to 81.7% by 2025.
Population grew from 9.2 million in 1995 to 12.3 million in 2025; the UN projects 13.1 million by 2050.