Tunisia : economic indicators and trade with EU

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GDP per capita (€) and annual growth (%)

in Tunisia and the EU-28

Tunisia total unemployment and

female labour market participation

Public finances, monetary and financial data

FDI and remittances to

Tunisia and the EU-28

Tunisia business environment and socio-economic indicators

The Ease of Doing Business’s ‘distance to frontier’ score assesses the overall level of regulatory performance of a country. It ranges from 0=’lowest performance’ to 100=’the frontier’, the best performance observed worldwide each year.

The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievement in key dimensions of human development. It is based on life expectancy at birth, average duration of education and GDP per capita. It ranges from 0 to 100. ‘High human development countries’ (UN) are in the range between 70 and 80.

The Corruption Perception Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2015, two thirds of countries scored below 50.

The GINI Index measures the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. It is hence a measure of inequality in income distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.

Total unemployment (left axis)

Female labour force participation (right axis)

Public debt (% of GDP)

Surplus/deficit (% of GDP)

Remittances received (% of GDP)

FDI net inflows (% of GDP)

GDP per capita

(left axis)

GDP growth

(right axis)

Tunisia

EU-28

Tunisia

EU-28

TN dinar/euro exchange rate

Inflation rate TN (%)

5.1

24% 27% 30% 33% 0% 6% 12% 18% 2000 2005 2010 2014

13.3%

-8% 22% 52% 82% 2010 2015 2010 2015

Tunisia

EU-28

0 1 2 3 0% 10% 20% 30% 2000 2005 2010 2015

4.9%

2.1

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 2005 2010 2015 2005 2010 2015

Tunisia

EU-28

Score

Rank

109/189 88/168 104/142

Ease of Doing Business Human Development Index* Corruption Perception Index

GINI Index* 0 100 Worst Best Best Worst 0 100 0 100 0 100 110/188 35.8 35.8 72.1 64.9

27.4%

0% 2% 4% 6% 0 10 20 30 2000 2005 2010 2015 Thous ands €

28.7 1.9%

0.8%

3.5

€ thousand

Tunisia: Economic indicators and trade with EU

EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service EUI | European University Institute

Authors: Joanna Apap and Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service; Laura Bartolini, GlobalStat | EUI

PE 593.544

At a glance

November 2016

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EU exports of goods to Tunisia (2015)

EU imports of goods from Tunisia (2015)

Main trade partners (2015)

EU external aid to Tunisia (2015, commitments)

EU trade with Tunisia

Top EU partners (2015)

Goods (2005-2015)

Services (2010-2015)

Preferential loans to Tunisia

Trade in goods

Trade in goods, exports plus imports

EIB finance contracts signed with Tunisia

2014-2016 (€ million): energy, credit lines,

education, industry, services and transport.

EU imports from Tunisia

EU exports to Tunisia

Other products

Aircraft and parts thereof Plastic articles

Optical instruments Cars and trucks Machinery and mechanical appliances Footwear Oil, gas, coal Agri-food Clothing accessories Electrical, electronic equipment p 31.1% 3.5% 3.2% 13.1% 2.1% 21% 9.5% 2.1% 3.8% 4.2% 6.4% Other products Cotton Optical instruments Pharmaceutical products Copper

Aircraft and parts thereof Plastic articlesAgri-food Cars and trucks Machinery and mechanical appliances Oil, gas, coal Electrical, electronic equipment p 16.5% 9.4% 6% 5.6% 3.5% 3% 2.9% 2.2% 31.3 % 10.1% 6.9% 2.6% 233 790 0 500 1000 EBRD EIB

€ million

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Imports

Exports

3.3

1.5

10.8

9.5 Imports

Exports

€ billion

7.4

5.3

2.8

1.3

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€ billion

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70.0 43.0 32.0 23.0 12.8 6.0 7.6

ENI - Tourism sector ENI - Regional development ENI - Training and employment

ENI - Security sector

ENI - Integration process ENI - Cultural sector Others

- Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP): 4 - Cross-border cooperation - Italy Sicily programme: 1.75 - Democracy, Human Rights and Stability (EIDHR): 1.2 - Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities in development (DCI thematic): 0.6

€194.4

million

ENI: European Neighbourhood Instrument Notes

GlobalStat is a project developed by the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme (Italy) and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (Portugal). Data Sources for Page 1: GDP figures, inflation and exchange rates are from IMF WEO (April 2016) and Eurostat and ECB (2016); Labour market data are from ILO KILM (2015); FDI and remittances data are estimates from World Bank staff based on IMF BoP data (2016); HDI and GINI indexes are from UNDP HDR (2015) and are re-scaled (*) from 0-1 to 0-100 for better comparability; CPI is from Transparency International (2015); Doing Business data are from the World Bank Group - Doing Business Unit (2016).

Data sources for page 2: EU trade with Tunisia, Main trade partners (EU), Top EU partners (goods), EU exports to Tunisia (%) and EU imports from Tunisia (%) are from ComExt, Eurostat; main trade partners (Tunisia) are from IMF; Other APEC members = Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam; EU external aid to Tunisia (2015, commitments) are from European Commission; Preferential loans to Tunisia are from European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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Other Other APEC countries Tunisia: 0.6% India: 2.2% Turkey Russia Switzerland China US 17.6% 14.8% 7.2% 6% 18.3% 29.3%

EU

4% 18.3% Other US Turkey Russia Algeria Other APEC members China EU-28 7.7% 58.6% 3.1% 5.4% 13.1%