Tunisia’s GDP grew by 2.3% in the second quarter of 2026, led by strong performance in agriculture and domestic demand, despite ongoing trade deficits, according to preliminary national accounts.
Tunisia’s economy expanded by 2.3% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, according to preliminary national accounts released by the National Institute of Statistics. On a seasonally adjusted basis, gross domestic product rose 1.4% from the first quarter, lifting growth for the first six months of the year to 2.4% compared with the same period in 2025.
The recovery was led by agriculture, where added value increased 5.5% and made the biggest single contribution to overall growth. Services also strengthened, rising 1.9%, helped by gains in hotels, restaurants and cafés, information and communication, and transport. Construction grew 3.6%, while industry recorded a more modest 0.9% increase. Within industry, output improved in several areas, but energy, mining, water and waste treatment contracted, weighed down by weaker mining and a fall in oil and natural gas extraction.
Domestic demand was the main engine of growth, climbing 3.3% as consumption and investment improved. External trade, by contrast, reduced overall growth because imports rose faster than exports, even though shipments of goods and services increased 10.4%. The figures suggest Tunisia’s economy is still growing, but with a mixed sectoral picture and a continuing drag from trade imbalances.
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