If you lived in Tunisia instead of Algeria, you would:

Health

see 52.0% more spent on your healthcare

Algeria spends $732 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tunisia spends $1,113 as of 2023.

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be 15.6% less likely to die by suicide

Algeria has a suicide rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Tunisia, it is 1.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 10.6% more likely to be obese

In Algeria, 23.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tunisia, that number is 26.1% of people as of 2024.

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have 20.8% fewer doctors per person

Algeria has 16.6 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Tunisia has 13.2 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 29.9% more likely to be unemployed

In Algeria, 11.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Tunisia, that number is 15.1% as of 2025.

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make 23.0% less money

Algeria has a GDP per capita of $6,051 as of 2025, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $4,657 as of 2025.

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Life

be 41.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Algeria, approximately 62.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tunisia, 36.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 50.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Algeria, approximately 19.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Tunisia, on the other hand, 9.7 children do as of 2024.

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have 29.0% fewer children

In Algeria, there are approximately 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tunisia, there are 13.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 25.1% less on education

Algeria spends 9.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Tunisia spends 6.7% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 83.7% more on healthcare

Algeria spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 8.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 15.0% more coastline

Algeria has a total of 998 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.

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Safety

be 10.9% less likely to die in a road accident

In Algeria, road accidents kill 18.3 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Tunisia, they kill 16.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 4.0 times more likely to be murdered

Algeria has a homicide rate of 1.2 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 4.7 per 100,000 as of 2020.

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Infrastructure

find 12.4% more home broadband

Algeria has 13.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Tunisia has 15.0 as of 2024.

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live with 32.2% less strain on fresh water

Algeria withdraws 145% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Tunisia withdraws 98% as of 2022.

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use 10.9% less electricity

Algeria uses 1,828 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Tunisia uses 1,629 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 34.2% less CO2

Algeria emits 4.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Tunisia emits 2.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 14.6% more likely to die from air pollution

In Algeria, air pollution causes 48.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Tunisia, it causes 55.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Tunisia: At a glance

Tunisia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 155,360 sq km. 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. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012 and, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Presidential and parliamentary elections for a permanent government could be held by the end of 2014.
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