Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia
Tunisia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 17.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia stood at 17.3%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia peaked at 27.8% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2025.
Tunisia ranks 32nd of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24.6% | — |
| 2001 | 24.6% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 22.9% | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 27.7% | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 27.8% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 26.7% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 26.9% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 26.4% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 25.3% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24.8% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 21.0% | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | -22.1% |
| 2020 | 20.8% | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 19.8% | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 20.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 18.1% | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 17.8% | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 17.3% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.8% | 22.9% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 17.6% | 24.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 19.0% | 17.3% | 20.8% | 6 |
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More education data for Tunisia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 84,596 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Tunisia was 17.3% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 27.8% in 2004.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2025.
- How does Tunisia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Tunisia ranks 32nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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