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Tunisia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Tunisia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
15.11%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -5.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Tunisia was 15.11% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18.33% in 2011. The lowest was 12.37% in 2007 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.16% per year.
Tunisia ranks 16 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 9%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Tunisia sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 18% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
15.11%
First (1991)
15.94%
Change
-5.2%
Highest
18.33%
in 2011
Lowest
12.37%
in 2007
Average
15.19%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.16%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.11% |
| 2024 | 15.34% |
| 2023 | 15.11% |
| 2022 | 15.3% |
| 2021 | 16.63% |
| 2020 | 17.65% |
| 2019 | 17.15% |
| 2018 | 15.46% |
| 2017 | 15.33% |
| 2016 | 15.56% |
| 2015 | 15.16% |
| 2014 | 14.26% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.