© United Nations Development Programme and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation 2023
2023
global knowledge index
Tunisia
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):130.699
- Population:12,262,946
- HDI:0.731
81/133
Gki
Score
44.5
World
Average
47.5
Country Performance Summary
Tunisia is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 81st out of 133 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2023 and 16th out of the 28 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Government funding per secondary student (% GDP per capita)
- Government expenditure on secondary education (% GDP)
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
- Tertiary graduates from STEM programmes (%)
- Researchers in higher education (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Proportion of skilled production workers
- Fixed-broadband upload and download speeds
- Unemployment rate with advanced education
- Chinn-Ito financial openness
- Labour force participation rate with short-cycle tertiary education
SECTORAL INDICES
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