Tunisia

A national priority since independence, Tunisia’s health care system has been the focus of continued public investment that has seen an extensive network of public hospitals and health centres established nationwide. In recent years, however, the country’s private health care sector has taken the lead in investment, with the construction of...

In the aftermath of decolonisation, Tunisia was among the top investors in education in Africa, promoting socio-economic development and boosting human capital, which led to rapid progress in literacy, access to primary education and high enrolment figures. Today, the authorities are focusing on overhauling the educational and vocational...

As the country grapples with high unemployment rates among graduates, the government is looking to reform Tunisia’s higher education system to improve standards and ties with private businesses. Tunisia recently rolled out a 10-year educational development plan known as the Strategic Plan for the Reform of Higher Education and Scientific...

With Tunisia striving to bring economic growth back on track, agriculture performed strongly in 2015, driven by outstanding production and olive oil exports, which generated TD2bn (€917.2m) in revenue. Combined with falling oil prices, this helped reduce the trade deficit from TD13.64bn (€6.3bn) in 2014 to TD1.2bn (€550.3m) in 2015.