Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Tunisia
Tunisia: Domestic credit provided by financial sector was 100.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Tunisia, 1970–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 100.4% for domestic credit provided by financial sector in 2025. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit provided by financial sector in Tunisia peaked at 100.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 40.6%, in 1972.
Tunisia ranks 15th of 65 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 48.4% | — |
| 1971 | 44.8% | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 40.6% | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 43.9% | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 43.0% | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 49.0% | +14.1% |
| 1976 | 54.1% | +10.3% |
| 1977 | 56.0% | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 57.7% | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 55.8% | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 54.4% | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 59.4% | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 64.7% | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 68.4% | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 71.4% | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 76.6% | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 82.0% | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 71.6% | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 71.5% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 71.1% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 71.2% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 65.2% | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 61.9% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 62.2% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 63.6% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 66.4% | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 67.0% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 67.6% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 65.4% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 64.2% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 63.5% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 63.8% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 64.4% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 65.6% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 68.4% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 70.7% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 79.2% | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 70.5% | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 74.7% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 76.9% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 76.7% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 81.9% | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 83.3% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 79.5% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 94.0% | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 94.6% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 97.5% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 97.3% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 99.6% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 100.4% | +0.8% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 100.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 36.3%, 2.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.3% | 40.6% | 57.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.1% | 54.4% | 82.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 67.3% | 61.9% | 71.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 65.6% | 63.5% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.9% | 70.5% | 85.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.2% | 94.0% | 100.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More financial sector data for Tunisia
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0029 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 13.51 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0021 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 9.86 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0029 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 13.51 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit provided by financial sector in Tunisia?
- Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Tunisia was 100.4% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit provided by financial sector recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest domestic credit provided by financial sector recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.6% in 1972.
- How does Tunisia rank for domestic credit provided by financial sector?
- Tunisia ranks 15th out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit provided by financial sector rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic credit provided by the financial sector includes all credit to various sectors on a gross basis, with the exception of credit to the central government, which is net. The financial sector includes monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.