Tunisia's GDP grows 2.5% in 2025, unemployment falls to 15.2%

Tunisia's economy demonstrated resilience in 2025, achieving a 2.5% GDP growth compared to 1.6% in 2024. This expansion was primarily fueled by strong performance in the agricultural sector, a dynamic services industry boosted by tourism, and improvements in various industrial branches. The positive economic trend also led to a decrease in unemployment, which dropped to 15.2% from 16.5% in the preceding year.

Foreign direct investment saw a significant increase of approximately 30%, signaling growing investor confidence in Tunisia's economic outlook. The central bank played a crucial role in this stability, implementing a monetary policy that successfully managed inflation, maintained foreign exchange reserves, and kept the exchange rate stable. The bank also reduced its key interest rate twice in 2025, bringing it down to 7%, further supporting economic activity.

Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri highlighted the nation's capacity to withstand and adapt to a challenging international environment characterized by geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions. She emphasized that Tunisia's success in navigating successive global crises and international pressures was achieved through adherence to "national choices" and alignment with President Kaïs Saïed's directives. The improved economic indicators are seen as a foundation for consolidating economic and financial stability and transforming this resilience into sustained growth.

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Tunisia has succeeded in overcoming several challenges despite successive global crises and pressures related to the international context, by relying on its 'national choices' and in accordance with the directives of the President of the Republic.