Tunisia’s unemployment rate fell to 15.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 15.4% in the third quarter of the same year, according to indicators published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) relating to employment and unemployment for the fourth quarter of 2025.
In terms of gender distribution, male unemployment rose to 12.6%, up from 12.1% in the third quarter. By contrast, female unemployment improved to 20.8%, down from 22.4% in the previous quarter.
Unemployment among young people aged 15 to 24 also declined in the fourth quarter of 2025, to 38.4%, from 40.1% in the third quarter of 2025.
During the same period, this rate is estimated at 37% among men and 41.3% among women.
Unemployment among graduates of higher education also decreased to 22.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025 (compared with 24.9% in the third quarter of 2025). This proportion is estimated at 11.7% among men, and 30.5% among women.
The number of unemployed people in the fourth quarter of 2025 stood at about 647,200, down by 8,500 from the third quarter of the same year, when it reached 653,700.
Results of the employment survey for the fourth quarter of 2025 indicate that the number of active people in Tunisia stood at 4,255 thousand, compared to 4,259.3 thousand in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 4.3 thousand.
The active population is distributed between 2,931.5 thousand men and 1,323.5 thousand women, representing 68.9% and 31.1% of the total active population.
The participation rate declined by 0.2 percentage point in the fourth quarter of 2025, to 45.9% of the population aged 15 years and over, after 46.1% in the third quarter of 2025.
The number of employed people reached 3,609.8 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 3,605.6 thousand in the third quarter, a rise of 4.2 thousand.
Employed people are distributed between 2,561.8 thousand men and 1,048.1 thousand women, representing 71% and 29% of the total employed population.
By economic activity sector, employed people are distributed as follows: 53.3% in services, 18.9% in manufacturing industries, 12.9% in non-manufacturing industries, and 14.8% in agriculture and fishing.
