Tunisia
Tunisian Republic
- Capital
- Tunis
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 12 million
- Currency
- TND
- Area
- 163,610 kmยฒ
Across Tunisia's 29 priced cities, one person needs about $563 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $343.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
59out of 100
- Purchasing power25%44
- Safety20%56
- Health care15%57
- Climate10%94
- Air quality10%87
- Connectivity10%7
- Cost10%94
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #72
What it costs
Averages over the countryโs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
23.6
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
4.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
70.3
New York = 100
One person
$563
A month, rent included
Net salary
$343
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$217
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$4,657
2025
Growth
+2.5%
2025
Unemployment
15.1%
2025
Inflation
5.2%
2025
Life expectancy
76.7 years
2024
Internet users
77%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 40%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 19%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 9.2%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 16.6%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoโs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 55.5
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 44.5
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2020
- 4.7
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #139 worldwide
- 23
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #80 worldwide
- 51
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +33%
Cities in Tunisia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Gabes | 65 | 20.6 | $116 | $422 | 113.4 | 110.1K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 2Kairouan | 63 | 21.6 | $118 | $334 | 86.1 | 139.1K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 3Sakiet ez Zit | 62 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 100K | Low confidence |
| 4Sakiet ed Daier | 61 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 125.2K | Low confidence |
| 5Sukrah | 61 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 159.9K | Low confidence |
| 6El Mourouj | 61 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 120.7K | Low confidence |
| 7Bizerte | 61 | 20.8 | $149 | $308 | 76.1 | 138.4K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 8Sฤซdฤซ แธคusayn | 61 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 130.3K | Low confidence |
| 9Sousse | 60 | 25.8 | $246 | $389 | 70.3 | 221.7K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 10Aryanah (Ariana) | 59 | 23.0 | $246 | $342 | 66.0 | 114.5K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 11Sfax | 58 | 22.2 | $197 | $336 | 72.4 | 280.6K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 12Hammamet | 58 | 22.3 | $394 | $371 | 58.2 | 106.3K | High confidence, 31 contributors |
| 13Jendouba | 55 | 23.7 | โ | $532 | 108.8 | 51.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 14Tunis | 54 | 26.0 | $377 | $362 | 54.0 | 693.2K | High confidence, 77 contributors |
| 15Tataouine (Tatawin) | 53 | 18.8 | $141 | โ | โ | 66.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 16Kasserine | 53 | 19.6 | $103 | $308 | 88.8 | 84.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 17Menzel Bourguiba | 53 | 22.2 | โ | โ | โ | 58.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 18Sakiet Ezzit | 53 | 22.0 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Djerba | 53 | 19.5 | $120 | $285 | 79.0 | 89.2K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 20Jemmal | 53 | 22.9 | โ | โ | โ | 55.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 21Manouba | 53 | 22.8 | $205 | โ | โ | 32K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 22Menzel Temime | 53 | 24.0 | โ | โ | โ | 38.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 23Tozeur | 53 | 19.6 | $120 | $309 | 85.1 | 37.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 24Ksar Hellal | 52 | 23.6 | $68.43 | $308 | 83.2 | 55.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 25Gafsa | 52 | 20.0 | $146 | $309 | 79.2 | 95.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 26Beja (Bajah) | 51 | 22.5 | $171 | $342 | 76.8 | 61.6K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 27Le Bardo | 50 | 24.9 | $251 | $393 | 72.0 | 72K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 28Monastir | 50 | 25.1 | $208 | $357 | 69.8 | 93.3K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 29M'saken (Masakin) | 49 | 24.5 | $111 | $248 | 59.1 | 89.7K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 30Carthage | 49 | 24.9 | $171 | $274 | 57.4 | 24.2K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 31La Marsa (Al Marsa) | 48 | 24.7 | $296 | $343 | 58.7 | 93K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 32Nabeul (Nabul) | 48 | 24.0 | $235 | $265 | 51.0 | 70.4K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 33Ben Arous | 47 | 24.8 | $217 | $257 | 49.9 | 88.3K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 34El Kef | 46 | 21.5 | โ | $172 | 37.4 | 53.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |