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Tunisia

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Tunisia is a country. The capital city is Tunis, located in the Northern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 155,360 km², a population of 12,200,431 people and uses the currency Tunisian dinar. The President is Kaïs Saïed.

Key facts

currency: Tunisian dinar
capital city: Tunis
region: Northern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 155,360 km²
population: 12,200,431 people
political leader: Kaïs Saïed (President)

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central government debt: 42.52 % of GDP
expense: 33.76 % of GDP
GDP: 48,529,595,416.65 current US$
inflation: 9.33 annual %
self-employed workers: 25.50 % of total employment
tax revenue: 20.12 % of GDP
unemployment: 15.11 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 18.89 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 48,000 people
democracy score: 6.41
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 72.40 % of population
military expenditure: 2.36 % of GDP
net migration: -14,001 people
press freedom: 2.64
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 16.23 %
birth rate: 15.60 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.60 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 265.46 current US$
health expenditure: 6.97 % of GDP
hospital beds: 2.42 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74
suicide mortality rate: 3.30 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 97,005.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.80 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 31.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 91.44 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.35 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 4.64 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 2.49 % of total
net energy imports: 36.20 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.06 births per woman
forest area: 7,057 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 88.87 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 43.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 28.20
methane emissions: 8.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 2.21 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 6,167,026 people
male population: 6,033,405 people
renewable energy consumption: 11.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 151,132.52 km²
rural population: 3,593,759 people
urban land area: 2,877.95 km²
urban population: 8,606,672 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 7.96 % of total population

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