IMF Staff Country Reports

Tunisia: Recent Economic Developments

May 7, 1996

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International Monetary Fund. "Tunisia: Recent Economic Developments", IMF Staff Country Reports 1996, 027 (1996), accessed 12/20/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837735.002

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Summary

This paper reviews economic developments in Tunisia during 1990–95. Despite adverse exogenous developments, including the Middle East crisis, weak economic growth in key European export markets and a severe drought, Tunisia achieved a strong economic performance during 1991–95. Real GDP growth rose to an annual average of 4.2 percent, resulting in an increase in per capita income of some 2 percent per year. Inflation fell from an average of 7 percent during the preceding five years to 5.8 percent during 1991–95.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural sector, Balance of payments, Banking, Commodities, Economic sectors, Exports, Foreign direct investment, Imports, International trade

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural sector, central bank, concentration ratio, CR, current account, Eastern Europe, Europe, exchange rate, Exports, financial support, foreign direct investment, Imports, ISCR, Middle East, money market, net importer

Notes

This report on recent economic developments in Tunisia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.