Tunisia: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Tunisia's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.71 percentage points on 2023 (from 76.42% to 75.71%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 23.28 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.96 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 5.56 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 61% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Tunisia had the 3rd highest value of the 99 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Tunisia in the 2024 ranking

• Sudan — 1st of 99: 139.79%
• Dominica — 3rd of 99: 75.05%
• Jordan — 4th of 99: 72.1%
• Mauritius — 5th of 99: 57.08%

What this measures

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 49 values

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 25.35% (2020)
• Algeria — 3.16% (2024)
• Djibouti — 9.38% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 46.27% (2024)
• Iraq — 0.63% (2024)
• Jordan — 72.1% (2024)
• Lebanon — 135.85% (2023)
• Morocco — 10.86% (2024)
• Pakistan

More economic policy & debt data for Tunisia

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$9.34 billion (2024)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$8.77 billion (2024)
• GDP (current US$) — US$57.5 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 172.31 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$50.41 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 98.89 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$4,657 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 13,954 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$4,082 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 8,008 (2025)
• GNI (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Tunisia's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

75.71% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1976?

It is up 68.71 percentage points from 7% in 1976. The highest value was 93.32% in 2021 and the lowest 3.72% in 1981.

How does Tunisia rank?

3rd highest of 99 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Tunisia?

In 2024, Tunisia's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.71 percentage points on 2023 (from 76.42% to 75.71%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DSTC.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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