Poverty & Inequality in Tunisia 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Tunisia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.7% 2021 down 40.2% 58th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.4% 2021 down 70.7% 64th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2021 down 77.4% 76th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2021 down 85.7% 89th Prosperity gap 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 24.2% 60th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 5.3% 2021 down 53.1% 63rd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 17.9% 2021 down 22.5% 69th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2021 down 75.0% 76th Population living in slums 7.6% 2022 down 20.7% 104th Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2021 up 12.8% 53rd Gini index 33.7 2021 down 12.5% 65th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.7% 2021 up 22.2% 43rd Income share held by lowest 10% 3.1% 2021 up 29.2% 39th Income share held by highest 10% 27.0% 2021 down 7.8% 59th Income share held by highest 20% 41.6% 2021 down 8.2% 61st Income share held by fourth 20% 21.9% 2021 down 0.9% 73rd Income share held by third 20% 16.4% 2021 up 6.5% 59th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.8% 2021 down 28.0% 71st Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2021 down 79.1% 76th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.6% 2021 down 19.0% 39th