Tunisia Government Debt

Current and historical government debt data for Tunisia, including latest value (42.52), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Tunisia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Tunisia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
65 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 20.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.3 / 20
External stability 12 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0.5 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.9 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2012 19902012
1990 2012
Selected year: 2012 · Value: n/a 2012

Tunisia · central government debt as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2012
42.52 percent of GDP
42.48 percent of GDP
46.56 percent of GDP
31 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012
government debt rate reference line

Countries by government debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 175.61 high
United Kingdom 131.07 high
United States 117.97 high
Bahrain 111.6 high
Spain 105.64 high
Jordan 102.85 medium
Israel 88.24 medium
Egypt 85.79 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
South Africa 79.45
Egypt 85.79
Morocco 51.23
United States 117.97
Germany 20.85

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Interest Payments GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

Tunisia Snapshot

country profile
GDP 51.33 bn
Debt/GDP 42.52%
Inflation 7.21%
Unemployment 15.11%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Tunisia Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for Tunisia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: tunisia government debt rate, government debt data tunisia, tunisia government debt statistics, tunisia percent of gdp.