Poverty & Inequality in Tunisia 95 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Tunisia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 53.8% 108th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 60.2% 97th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.83 live births per woman 2023 down 20.7% 125th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,891 kg per hectare 2024 up 4.7% 126th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.4% 100th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 45.41 % change on previous year 2024 down 22.9% 7th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.76 2022 up 25.4% 27th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.8% 2022 up 25.4% 27th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 32.1% 70th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 7.12 % change on previous year 2022 up 6,813.9% 43rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -50 % change on previous year 2025 — 137th Gender Inequality Index 0.238 2023 down 15.0% 108th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% 2023 down 1.0% 77th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0884 2023 down 9.2% 155th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0884 2023 down 9.2% 155th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1092 2023 down 7.2% 148th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2021 down 77.4% 78th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2021 down 85.7% 91st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.4% 2021 down 70.7% 66th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.7% 2021 down 40.2% 60th Prosperity gap 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 24.2% 62nd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2292 2023 down 10.9% 103rd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2021 down 75.0% 78th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 17.9% 2021 down 22.5% 71st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 5.3% 2021 down 53.1% 65th Population living in slums 7.6% 2022 down 20.7% 104th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.595 2023 up 8.8% 90th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.595 2023 up 8.8% 90th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.595 2023 up 8.8% 90th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.7% 2021 down 77.4% 81st Three metrics of inequality 62.53 2021 down 0.4% 18th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6253 2021 down 0.4% 18th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 120.54 2023 up 8.4% 97th Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2021 up 12.8% 53rd Income share held by third 20% 16.4% 2021 up 6.5% 61st Income share held by fourth 20% 21.9% 2021 down 0.9% 75th Income share held by highest 20% 41.6% 2021 down 8.2% 63rd Income share held by highest 10% 27.0% 2021 down 7.8% 59th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.1% 2021 up 29.2% 39th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.7% 2021 up 22.2% 43rd Gini index 33.7 2021 down 12.5% 67th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.8% 2021 down 28.0% 73rd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 19.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 down 76.3% 82nd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2021 down 78.8% 87th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0676 2024 up 0.3% 95th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5881 2021 up 0.9% 22nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5881 2021 up 0.9% 22nd Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 unchanged 82nd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 11,168 2017 up 24.3% 86th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 52.7% 2021 down 2.2% 15th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 22.4% 2021 up 31.3% 11th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 28.8% 2012 up 42.6% 48th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2021 down 79.1% 76th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3372 2021 down 12.3% 64th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 78,910 people 2021 down 76.7% 73rd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.7% 2021 down 79.1% 76th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.7% 2021 down 79.1% 76th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.7% 2021 down 79.1% 76th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 8.27 million people 2021 up 40.7% 54th Page 1 of 2 Next →