Tunisia - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Tunisia was 31,420,100,000 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,420,100,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 5,923,800,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 5,923,800,000
1991 7,298,200,000
1992 7,606,600,000
1993 8,696,600,000
1994 9,335,600,000
1995 9,807,900,000
1996 10,543,000,000
1997 13,062,900,000
1998 13,476,800,000
1999 15,142,500,000
2000 16,695,000,000
2001 17,926,500,000
2002 18,403,100,000
2003 19,462,800,000
2004 20,909,700,000
2005 21,949,000,000
2006 22,221,000,000
2007 22,829,200,000
2008 23,926,500,000
2009 25,190,000,000
2010 25,639,600,000
2011 28,779,500,000
2012 31,420,100,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Tunisia was 42.52 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 60.67 in 1991, while its lowest value was 38.77 in 2010.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 54.77
1991 60.67
1992 55.50
1993 59.31
1994 59.03
1995 57.52
1996 55.30
1997 56.94
1998 54.28
1999 55.64
2000 56.72
2001 56.47
2002 55.93
2003 55.02
2004 53.84
2005 52.42
2006 48.56
2007 45.78
2008 43.29
2009 42.93
2010 38.77
2011 42.48
2012 42.52

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance