country profile

Tunisia

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income12.35M population

Last updated August 26, 2026

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Progressing readiness

Composite GEFRI Score

Infrastructure is a strength, but Governance lags

Tunisia shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (54th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.

64.69Composite score
Global percentile
54th
Global rank
#82
Regional rank
#11
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Advanced readiness
Infrastructure
76.54
49th percentileGlobal avg. 70.44
Progressing readiness
Human Capital
73.32
55th percentileGlobal avg. 66.18
Progressing readiness
Innovation
60.68
75th percentileGlobal avg. 48.64
Severely underprepared
Governance
41.11
45th percentileGlobal avg. 47.07
Progressing readiness
Access & Parity
71.82
48th percentileGlobal avg. 60.85

Country profile

Tunisia shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.

Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. Literacy or tertiary enrollment gaps thin the talent pipeline and limit the country’s capacity to develop future-ready skills.

R&D investment remains modest, affecting long-term innovation potential. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.

Governance presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Tunisia leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.

Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.

Key insights

Places 82nd worldwide.

Holds a regional position of 11th within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.

Scores range from Infrastructure (76.5) to Governance (41.1), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
191Israel84.75
322United Arab Emirates80.68
393Saudi Arabia76.67
424Malta75.34
465Qatar72.99
536Bahrain71.18
627Oman69.09
728Kuwait68.04
769Morocco66.91
7710Jordan66.65
8211Tunisia64.69
9012Egypt, Arab Rep.60.85
10613Iran, Islamic Rep.FCS56.11
10814Algeria54.87
11015West Bank and GazaFCS53.03
11916Djibouti46.86
12217IraqFCS44.97
12618LebanonFCS43.40
13119LibyaFCS42.27
14820Syrian Arab RepublicFCS34.76
16321Yemen, Rep.FCS28.79