Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Tunisia
Tunisia: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score was 91.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Tunisia, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Tunisia is 91.1%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Tunisia peaked at 91.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 85.1%, in 2009.
That places Tunisia 132nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 85.1% | — |
| 2010 | 86.9% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 89.2% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 90.0% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 90.9% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 91.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 91.4% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 91.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 91.8% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 91.1% | -0.7% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 91.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 91.1% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.5%, 94% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.1% | 85.1% | 85.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 90.3% | 86.9% | 91.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More private sector data for Tunisia
- Merchandise trade 86.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.59 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 4.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 21.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 12.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,724 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Tunisia?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Tunisia was 91.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 91.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.1% in 2009.
- How does Tunisia rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Tunisia ranks 132nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.