Tunisia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Tunisia, 1961–2025.
GDP per capita for Tunisia was 4,657 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 201 in 1961 (about 23.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.04% per year.
Tunisia ranks 143 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Tunisia sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 16%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 14 of 23 economies; Lebanon (4,473) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 29% in 1972. That is 20% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1996. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 66th of 113 in 1961 → 96th of 146 in 1970 → 83rd of 163 in 1980 → 101st of 192 in 1990 → 96th of 204 in 2000 → 124th of 212 in 2010 → 141st of 210 in 2020 → 122nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,656.64 | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 4,187.64 | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 3,951.12 | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 3,707.29 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 3,906.94 | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 3,548.65 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,528.87 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 3,628.1 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 3,619.03 | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 3,847.8 | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 4,014.95 | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 4,458.98 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,369.79 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 4,297.27 | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 4,420.65 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 4,291.86 | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 4,080.09 | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 4,255.05 | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 3,726.92 | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 3,322.57 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 3,146.83 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 3,067.42 | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 2,725.86 | +17.5% |
| 2002 | 2,320.77 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 2,235.72 | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 2,199.04 | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 2,376.07 | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 2,285.02 | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 2,202.06 | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 2,107.41 | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 1,968.17 | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 1,733.47 | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 1,649.19 | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 1,784.82 | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 1,537.88 | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 1,476.43 | +19.1% |
| 1989 | 1,239.24 | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1,266.08 | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 1,244.77 | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 1,186.51 | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 1,135 | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 1,143.28 | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 1,183.84 | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,177.31 | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,247.13 | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 1,323.63 | +18.9% |
| 1979 | 1,113.44 | +17.7% |
| 1978 | 945.96 | +14.0% |
| 1977 | 829.98 | +10.4% |
| 1976 | 751.74 | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 741.35 | +18.9% |
| 1974 | 623.76 | +26.5% |
| 1973 | 493.17 | +18.9% |
| 1972 | 414.63 | +29.5% |
| 1971 | 320.27 | +14.2% |
| 1970 | 280.48 | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 257.74 | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 248.91 | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 228.04 | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 223.75 | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 217.27 | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 228.48 | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 231.92 | +15.1% |
| 1962 | 201.42 | +0.4% |
| 1961 | 200.67 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tunisia’s GDP per capita in 1962?
201.42 (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Tunisia’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Tunisia’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2220.5% in total — about 5.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 4,656.64; 2024: 4,187.64; 2023: 3,951.12; 2022: 3,707.29; 2021: 3,906.94. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.