The economy of Tunisia

Hello everyone !

This week we have visited Tunisia. I am going to tell you something about the economy in Tunisia.

The currency in Tunisia is the Tunisian Dinar. 1 Tunisian Dinar is worth 0.63 USD or 0.49 euro.

On this picture you can see the different notes of the Dinar.

In the near future, Tunisia is going to be the most successful country of North Africa, according to some experts. The economy of Tunisia largely depends on  agriculture, industries and tourism.
The most important agricultural products are wheat, barley, sugar beets, almonds, olives, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruits,..

 

The main strength of the industrial economy lies in the sectors like mining and manufacturing.
Tunisia has rich resources of phosphate reserves and iron ore and also minerals such as Zinc and lead. The manufacturing sector includes food processing, textile mills, leather, paper,… .

Tourism plays an important role in the overall growth of Tunisian economy. Tunisia is importing and exporting products. The products that Tunisia is exporting are petroleum, phosphate, textiles and olive oil. Tunisia is importing metal products, machinery, chemicals, food and transportation equipment.

Tunisia’s leading  trading partners are France, North African countries and other European Union countries.

Now I am going to tell you something about education in Tunisia. Education is given a high priority. When the children enter school at the age of 6, they are taught to read and write in Standard Arabic. Children of 8 years are learning French and at the age of 12 they are learning English at school.

 

When we heard that there are 30 airports in Tunisia we were shocked.  The most important airports are Tunis Carthage International Airport and Djerba-Zarzis International Airport.

    

Tunis Carthage International Airport   

Djerba-Zarzis International Airport

There are four airlines headquartered in Tunisia: Tunisair, Karthago Airlines, Nouvelair and Tunisan express.

Tunisia has a railway network operated by SNCFT and amounts to 2,135 kilometres and is served by  a tram network named Metro leger.

Railway network (SNCFT)    

 

 Tram network (Metro Leger)

 

Tunis is the most significant port of the country. The Tunisian marine consists of 14 ships.

Tunisia is a constitutional republic, with a president serving as head of state and prime minister as head of the government. The new Constitution of Tunisia guarantees rights for women and states that the President ’s religion shall  be Islam.

There are over  100 legal political parties.

The country has a court system that is influenced by French civil law.

Parliament has two chambers and believe it or not, women represent 20% of seats in both chambers. Rare for the Arab world !

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Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia
http://coinmill.com/TND_USD.html; http://coinmill.com/EUR_TND.html
http://finance.mapsofworld.com/economy/tunisia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Tunisia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia#cite_note-cnsd-69

Three relevant-life examples:

allAfrica.com: Towards a New Economic Model for Tunisia
BBC News - Tunisian activist, Moncef Marzouki, named president
Attacks take big toll on Tunisia tourism sector - World - NZ Herald News