Insurance and financial services in Tunisia
Tunisia: Insurance and financial services was 3.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Insurance and financial services in Tunisia, 1976–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insurance and financial services in Tunisia is 3.7%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 61.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Tunisia peaked at 10.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2018.
Tunisia ranks 145th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6.4% | — |
| 1977 | 6.8% | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 5.7% | -16.3% |
| 1979 | 6.6% | +16.5% |
| 1980 | 7.0% | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 7.0% | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 5.7% | -17.6% |
| 1983 | 6.1% | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 7.1% | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 7.2% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 9.2% | +27.7% |
| 1987 | 8.6% | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 8.1% | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 7.4% | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 7.3% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 8.3% | +13.1% |
| 1992 | 6.3% | -24.2% |
| 1993 | 5.6% | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 5.7% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 6.5% | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 7.6% | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 9.5% | +24.5% |
| 1998 | 10.2% | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 9.2% | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 7.8% | -15.3% |
| 2001 | 7.6% | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 8.1% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 8.7% | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 8.8% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -69.4% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | +55.0% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 3.8% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | -2.0% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 3.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.5%, 56% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 3.7% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.7%, 55% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in Tunisia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -69.4% | 8.9% | 2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.4% | 5.7% | 6.8% | 4 |
| 1980s | 7.3% | 5.7% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.6% | 5.6% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.5% | 7.6% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 2.7% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 5 |
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)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 21.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3703 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Tunisia?
- Insurance and financial services in Tunisia was 3.7% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2018.
- How does Tunisia rank for insurance and financial services?
- Tunisia ranks 145th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.