Tunisia
Government debt in Tunisia
Government debt in Tunisia: 63.3% of GDP in 1991 and 81.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 81.7% of GDP
- Since 1991
- +18.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 31 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 88.7% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 88.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 85.6% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 38.8% of GDP in 2010.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.7 |
| 2024 | 85.6 |
| 2023 | 84 |
| 2022 | 83 |
| 2021 | 79.7 |
| 2020 | 77.7 |
| 2019 | 67.3 |
| 2018 | 72.9 |
| 2017 | 67.1 |
| 2016 | 58.9 |
| 2015 | 52.4 |
| 2014 | 50.7 |
| 2013 | 45.6 |
| 2012 | 49 |
| 2011 | 43.3 |
| 2010 | 38.8 |
| 2009 | 40.3 |
| 2008 | 41.4 |
| 2007 | 42.7 |
| 2006 | 45.7 |
| 2005 | 50 |
| 2004 | 51.6 |
| 2003 | 52.6 |
| 2002 | 51.6 |
| 2001 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 62.9 |
| 1999 | 61.9 |
| 1998 | 58.2 |
| 1997 | 66.6 |
| 1996 | 66.8 |
| 1995 | 65.6 |
| 1994 | 63.9 |
| 1993 | 63.8 |
| 1992 | 62.1 |
| 1991 | 63.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 86.1 |
| 2027 | 89.8 |
| 2028 | 90.9 |
| 2029 | 90.8 |
| 2030 | 89.7 |
| 2031 | 88.7 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per person$121 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel48,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2025