Tunisia
Invest in Tunisia
A strategic location
With a strategic geographical position, at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, i. e. 2 hours flight from the major European capitals and 24 hours sailing time from the main Mediterranean ports, a highly qualified human capital, an advanced infrastructure and an advantageous and constantly improving legal framework in terms of investment incentives, ...
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An incentive legal and fiscal framework
Recognising that the quality of investment policy directly influences investors’ decisions, Tunisia is undertaking institutional and regulatory efforts aimed at stimulating investment and creating a favourable business climate.
Read moreHighly skilled and qualified workforce
Recognised skills in a number of growth sectors. Competitive and efficient at all levels, they represent a rich pool of multilingual, creative and adaptable talents with more than 65,000 new graduates per year, 18% of whom majoring in engineering and ICT sciences.
Tunisia is positioned as a great pool of human resources recognized at the national and international levels, with the development in recent years of an efficient and resilient IT ecosystem featuring start-ups specializing in the innovative activities of artificial intelligence and big data, which gives Tunisia a great lead in high-tech on the Mediterranean side.
A diversified and rapidly expanding economy
The steady upward trend of Tunisian industry in the global value chains contributes to the success of the companies setting up in the country. Countless foreign groups with international renown are increasingly confident in the Tunisian site.
Tunisia benefits today from well-known and recognised expertise in several fields:
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Proven expertise in automotive components
- Tunisia is the 3rd largest exporter of automotive components in Africa.
- 2.5 billion euros of exports in automotive spare parts.
- More than 280 companies specialised in the production of automotive components are operating in the country, 65% of which are fully exporting.
- Tunisia ranks among the top 10 countries supplying cable harness components to the European Union and among the top 3 exporters of automotive components in Africa.
- Tunisia is the only country in Africa with local companies active in the components sector and developed internationally.
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A booming organic production
- 1 st country in the world in terms of surface area of organic olive groves.
- 1 st African country in terms of organic cultivated areas.
- 1 st exporter of dates in the world, in terms of value.
- 2 nd largest exporter of organic products in Africa.
- 2 nd African exporter of organic products to the EU market.
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A unique technological concentration on the African continent
- 1st best startup attraction programme in Africa (Source: Startups Without Borders SWIBO 2020)
- 1st innovative economy in North Africa and 3rd in Africa (Source: Global Innovation Index 2020)
- An annual growth rate of 8% in ICT over the last 5 years
- 1 st country in Africa in terms of the quality of the Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure according to the Global Innovation Index 2020
- 2 nd worldwide in terms of the number of science and engineering graduates according to the Global Innovation Index 2020
- 2 nd in Government Artificial Intelligence Maturity on an African scale according to the Government Al Readiness Index 2019
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An integrated and comprehensive supply chain
- 1 Centre of Excellence for Aerospace Industry Professions “CEMIA”
- 15 sectoral training centres (electronics, mechatronics, telecommunication, IT, mechanics, mechanic welding, plastics processing, etc.)
- More than 80 companies operating in aerospace industry in Tunisia, 50 of which are members of GITAS
- 1 aeronautical park covering an area of over 200 hectares
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An industry with multiple competitive advantages, a real pillar of Tunisian industry
- 9 th largest supplier country for Europe (2 nd for France)
- 1 in 3 work clothes in Europe is made in Tunisia
- 1 out of 2 swimming costumes in Europe is made in Tunisia
- 1 in 4 jeans in Europe are made in Tunisia
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A high growth sector
- 45% growth in the sector over the last 6 years
- 3.5% of clinical trials on the African continent are performed in Tunisia
- 3 out of 4 medicines used domestically are manufactured in Tunisia
- 2 nd largest health system in Africa in 2021
- 2 nd worldwide destination for spa therapy after France
- 2 nd in the field of health tourism in Africa.
Dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem
An advanced choice for its development.
Unprecedented in Africa, the Startup Act is the Best Startup Attraction Program in Africa (Source: Startups Without Borders (SWIBO) - 2020).
Tunisia ranks in the Top 5 of the best African Startup ecosystems of the future 2021/22 (according to fDi Intelligence 2020).
Increased economic openness
Tunisia has an unparalleled industrial supply chain in the region. Large European companies are already present in Tunisia and operate in high value-added industries.
Tunisia achieved a progressive and confirmed integration in the global value chains in an increasingly competitive economy. It now stands as a bridgehead for co-development with Africa in a perspective of France-Tunisia-Africa triangulation.
In this regard, Tunisia has consolidated its economic ties with Sub-Saharan Africa and joined the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It has entered into numerous bilateral agreements to strengthen cooperation with its natural environment and to be a gateway for the co-development and expansion of companies targeting the Europe-Africa-Middle East - EAME - region in activities with high development potential.
Attractive features of Tunisia
Thanks to a highly performing industrial fabric, comprising more than 3,700 foreign companies, Tunisia succeeded in carving out an enviable niche in the MENA region and on the African continent.
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