Market Research in Tunisia

To understand the Tunisian market, we offer three approaches: Market research, market visit, and opportunity screening.

What is market research?

Researching emerging markets has its unique challenges. The availability of reliable information sources is limited. Besides, doing primary research can be much more complicated than it is in a developed market because personal relationships or other unique local factors can play an important role.

For more than 20 years, we help our clients to understand emerging markets by conducting market research projects. We believe that with our experience, we have a good understanding of local challenges and can distinguish between reliable and misleading information.

Market Research is an essential tool to understand the specific conditions in Tunisia, like market size, competition, and local trends.

Tunisia is an emerging location for production and an export center for various industries, such as electrical machinery and apparel. Besides, it can be used as a hub to reach 200 million people in 23 French-speaking countries in Africa.

If you would like to have an easy-to-read and clear-cut formatted report which is prepared according to your questions about the Tunisian market, we are the right partner for you.

We offer market research for Türkiye, UAE, Tunisia and Morocco.

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Our additional services to understand the Tunisian market

Market visit in Tunisia

This service is often used as an alternative solution for a lower budget. Our clients are using it also in addition to a market research to discuss with stake holders face-to-face in Tunisia.

We accompany such visits in Tunisia and give intercultural support in addition. Such visits are fully organized, starting from a pick-up at the airport to the travel organization with all visits, which is very helpful.

If personally traveling to Tunisia is not an option, we can organize online meetings as well.

Opportunity screening in Tunisia

Opportunity screening is a very pragmatic approach to understand the full potential of the Tunisian market. Usually, we conduct a representative number of interviews with potential customers in Tunisia to understand the full potential. The results are often used by our clients to contact the created leads.

Information about the Tunisian Market

Official name:Republic of Tunisia

Capital: Tunis

Government type: Parliamentary republic

Head of state: President Kais Saied (since October 23, 2019)

Head of government: Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh (resigned on July 15, 2020)

Land mass: 155,360 km²

Sea and water: 8,250 km²

Currency:Tunisian dinars (TND)

Major urban areas:Tunis (2.4 million, 2020 est.)

Language: Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (Commerce. Despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two-thirds of the population), Berber (Tamazight)

Time zone: UTC +1

Telephone code: +216

Climate: Temperate in the north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in the south

National holidays:Independence Day, March 20 (1956), Revolution and Youth Day, January 14 (2011)

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Neighboring countries: Algeria at West (1,034 km), Libya at East (461 km), the Mediterranean Sea at North

Coastline: 1,148 km

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Population: 11.7 million (July 2020 est.)

Life expectancy: 75 years (men), 78 years (women) (2020 est.)

Population density: 75.5/km² (2020 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.85% (2020 est.)

Population distribution: The overwhelming majority of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the south remains mostly underpopulated

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GDP in current prices: USD 38.7 bn (2019 est.)

GDP growth: 1.5% (2019 est.

GDP per capita: USD 3,287 (2019 est.)

Unemployment:14.9% (2019 est.)

Inflation: 5.9% (2019 est.)

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Total exports: USD 15.1 bn (2019)

Total imports: USD 18.5 bn (2019)

Trade balance: USD -3.3 bn (2019)

Main exports: Electrical machinery, apparel and clothing accessories, mineral fuels and oils, footwear

Main imports: Electrical machinery, mineral fuels and oils, machinery, plastics, motor vehicles, iron and steell

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According to the 2020 Global Investment Report published by UNCTAD, Tunisia is the 18th largest FDI recipient in Africa.

FDI: USD 845 mn (2019)

FDI stock: USD 29.5 bn (2019)

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Total telephone subscriptions (fixed lines): 1,302,015 (2018 est.)

Total mobile line subscriptions: 14,769,594 (2018 est.))

Internet country code: .tn

Broadband – fixed subscriptions: 1,014,395 (July 2018 est.)

Number of airports: 9 international airports (2019)

Number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

Total railways: 2,167 km (2020)

Major seaports: Bizerte, Gabes, Rades, Sfax, Skhira

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Our office in Tunisia

FMC Group Tunisia

Bloc A 2, Carthage Center,
Rue du Lac de Constance,
Tunis 1053, Tunisia

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