Tunisia

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{{Infobox Country
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Tunis
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[Algeria]] 965 km, [[Libya]] 459 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = republic
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 10,486,339 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_TN">CIA - The World Factbook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_ts.html "Tunisia"], from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 0.98% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_TN" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 75.78 years<ref name="CIA_TN" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 14.7% (2009 est.)<ref name="CIA_TN" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 95<ref name="Heritage_TN">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Tunisia "Tunisia"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 65<ref name="Transparency_TN">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Tunisia"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 69<ref name="Business_TN">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Tunisia"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
}}

Rivalry between French and Italian interests in '''Tunisia''' culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. BEN ALI is currently serving his fifth consecutive five-year term as president. Tunisia has long taken a moderate, non-aligned stance in its foreign relations. Domestically, it has sought to defuse rising pressure for a more open political society.<ref name="CIA_TN" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Tunisian dinar (ISO code: TND)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': NA% (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_TN" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': NA%<ref name="CIA_TN" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $10.07 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_TN" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $16.55 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_TN" />

===Notable events:===
* [[Banking crisis]]: 1991-1995<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 386. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-21.</ref>
* [[Public default]]: 1867-1870, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1979-1982 (external)<ref name="Reinhart_histories">Carmen M. Reinhart. [http://www.princeton.edu/economics/seminar-schedule-by-prog/macro-s10/papers/Reinhardt-Chartbook.pdf "This Time is Different Chartbook: Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises"] (pdf), March 3, 2010, p. 111. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-21.</ref>

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
|-
! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_TN">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/tn/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Tunisia: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
| 20 799
| 19 443
| 19 988
| 21 047
| 24 992
| 28 129
| 28 968
| 30 962
| 35 020
| 40 309
|-
! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_TN">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/tn/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Tunisia: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
| 61.376
| 62.643
| 62.337
| 61.500
| 60.439
| 59.682
| 58.420
| 53.920
| 50.889
| 48.176
|-
! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_TN">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/tn/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Tunisia: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
| 29.044
| 29.241
| 29.433
| 29.885
| 29.427
| 29.385
| 29.146
| 29.324
| 29.985
| 32.463
|-
! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_TN">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/tn/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Tunisia: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-10-05.</ref>
| 27.508
| 27.634
| 27.414
| 28.223
| 27.868
| 28.574
| 29.144
| 28.703
| 29.092
| 30.389
|-
! Debt to revenue (years)
| 2.113
| 2.142
| 2.118
| 2.058
| 2.054
| 2.031
| 2.004
| 1.839
| 1.697
| 1.484
|}

==References==
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small>
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==Links==
* [http://www.bct.gov.tn Central bank] of Tunisia
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791969.stm country profile]
* [http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/01/16/whats-going-on-in-tunisia/print/ What's Going On in Tunisia?] by columnist [[Justin Raimondo]], January 2011
* [http://writingtipsonline.wordpress.com/ writing tips online]
* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/41237865 Here’s The Real Story of What’s Happening in Tunisia: A Higher Education Bubble] by John Carney, January 2011
* [[Wikipedia:Tunisia|Tunisia]] on Wikipedia

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