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2024
global knowledge index
Tunisia
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):153.637
- Population:12,200,431
- HDI:0.732
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
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