2024

global knowledge index
Tunisia

KEY INDICATORS

  • GDP (US$ billions):153.637
  • Population:12,200,431
  • HDI:0.732

Gki Rank

82/141
Gki Score
45
World Average
47.8

Country Performance Summary

Tunisia is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 82nd out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 21st out of the 35 countries with high human development.

Areas of Strength

  • Government expenditure on secondary education (% GDP)
  • Government funding per secondary student (% GDP per capita)
  • Tertiary graduates from STEM programmes (%)
  • Tertiary graduates from ICT 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
  • Female-to-male labour force participation

SECTORAL INDICES

Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
70
67.74
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
75
51.01
Higher
Education
104
37.61
Research, Development
and Innovation
75
28.69
Information and
Communications Technology
86
43.81
Economy
90
46.96
Enabling
Environment
86
51.24
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GKI Pillars

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