The number of people employed in private businesses operating in the construction industry in Tunisia amounted to around ** thousand in 2020. The number decreased from around ** thousand the previous year, following a generally decreasing trend observed in the years under review. In comparison, the private construction industry counted over ** thousand employees in 2003.

Tunisia Number of Companies: Industry: Construction data was reported at 43,785.000 Unit in 2022. Tunisia Number of Companies: Industry: Construction data is updated yearly, averaging 43,785.000 Unit from Dec 2022 (Median) to 2022, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43,785.000 Unit in 2022 and a record low of 43,785.000 Unit in 2022. Tunisia Number of Companies: Industry: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.O002: Number of Companies by Activity Sector.

The industrial production index (IPI) of building materials, ceramic, and glass in Tunisia reached 96 points in June 2021, with 2010 as the base year (=100). This was an increment compared to the previous month when the production index stood at around 91 points. In the period under review, the indicator fell dramatically in April 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

In 2024, the Tunisian construction sands market decreased by -18.3% to $3.3M for the first time since 2018, thus ending a five-year rising trend. Overall, consumption continues to indicate pronounced growth. As a result, consumption reached the peak level of $4M, and then reduced notably in the following year.

Tunisia Employment: Industry, Mining, Energy, Construction & Public Works: % of Total Employment data was reported at 33.208 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 33.101 % for 2015. Tunisia Employment: Industry, Mining, Energy, Construction & Public Works: % of Total Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 33.033 % from May 2007 (Median) to 2016, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.486 % in 2011 and a record low of 31.670 % in 2009. Tunisia Employment: Industry, Mining, Energy, Construction & Public Works: % of Total Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.G009: Employment: Annual.

Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) in Tunisia was reported at 23.64 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Tunisia - Industry, value added (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Tunisia Bank Loans: Industry: Construction data was reported at 2,683.258 TND mn in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,676.837 TND mn for May 2018. Tunisia Bank Loans: Industry: Construction data is updated monthly, averaging 1,577.337 TND mn from Jan 2007 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 138 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,683.258 TND mn in Jun 2018 and a record low of 1,033.948 TND mn in Jan 2007. Tunisia Bank Loans: Industry: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Tunisia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.KB003: Bank Loans.

The Tunisian market for clays for construction and industrial use dropped to $13M in 2024, reducing by -11.8% against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). Overall, consumption, however, enjoyed a mild increase. Consumption of peaked at $15M in 2023, and then fell in the following year.

Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) in Tunisia was reported at 11410312530 USD in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Tunisia - Industry, value added - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Industry (including construction), value added (annual % growth) in Tunisia was reported at --2.4809 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Tunisia - Industry, value added (annual % growth) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) in Tunisia was reported at 35390200000 LCU in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Tunisia - Industry, value added (current LCU) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Tunisia Number of Job Postings: New: Construction data was reported at 3.000 Unit in 14 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.000 Unit for 07 Apr 2025. Tunisia Number of Job Postings: New: Construction data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 Unit from Jan 2008 (Median) to 14 Apr 2025, with 902 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.000 Unit in 31 Jan 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 07 Oct 2024. Tunisia Number of Job Postings: New: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Revelio Labs, Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.RL.JP: Number of Job Postings: New: by Industry.

Tunisian Railway Company (TRC) is developing the rapid rail network around the of Greater Tunis in Tunisia.The project involves the construction of an 86km rail line with railway stations around the cities of Tunisia. The project is being developed in two phases and five lines named as Line A, C, D, E, and Line C+F. It includes the construction of platforms, tunnels, pedestrian crossings, bridges, laying of rail lines, and the installation of elevators, escalators, and security equipment.In July 2007, the company Société du Réseau Ferroviaire Rapide de Tunis (RFR) has been created to handle the rapid rail project specifically. In August 2009, the project management contract has been awarded to SYSTRA and STUDI Group and the company TYPSA has been appointed as the Assistant project manager company.The construction of Line A (Tunis – Borj Cedria), a 23.2km of the network was commissioned in June 2012 which was started in 2009.The first phase of the project comprises construction of Line D and E, and the second phase comprises of Line C and C+F.The first phase (Line D and E) with a length of 18.5km, is divided into work packages and supplies: Seven lots, Civil Engineering Building, a comprehensive batch system, a batch tunnel and rolling stock operation:Lot 1 (Civil Line D): It involves the construction of 13 pedestrian crossings and 10 bridges and the laying of 12.2KM of the track.In May 2013, TECNIS spa signed a contract of civil engineering works and on Line D. Construction works are underway.Lot 2 (Civil Line E: Saida Mannoubia to Bougatfa): It involves the construction of 6.3Km lanes, pedestrian crossings, and five bridges.In November 2010, SOMATRA GET signed a contract of civil engineering. Construction activities are underway.Lot 3 (Stations of Line D): It involves the construction of station buildings of Saida Mannoubia, Mellassine, Erraoudha, Bardo, El Bortal Manouba, Orange trees and Gobaâ.In November 2010, the company Sté BOUZGENDA Frères « SBF » signed a contract for the construction of station buildings on Line D. Construction works are underway.Lot 4 (Stations of Line E): It involves the construction of five stations: Ennajah, Ettayarane, Ezzouhour, Hrairia and Bougatfa. In November 2010, Company GLOULOU «EGMS» signed a contract for the construction of station buildings. Construction works are underway.Lot 5 (System): It involves realization of construction design, supply, work, testing and commissioning of the railway facilities.In January 2013, Group COLAS Rail, Siemens SA, Get SOMATRA and – Siemens SAS signed a contract for the realization of construction design, supply, work, testing and commissioning of the facilities and benefits associated with batch systems.Lot 6 (Saida Mannoubia Tunnel): It involves the construction of a double track tunnel of 268m and other head structures and retaining walls.In January 2010, Groupement TECNIS and SOTUDEF signed a contract for the construction of the Saida Mannoubia Tunnel. Construction works are underway.Lot 7: It involves the operations of rolling stocks which will be carried out by SNCFT.The second phase comprises of Line C (Tunis PV- Mhamidiya: 19.5km), Line C+F (PV Tunis – Ariana), Extension of Line D (Gôbaa – Mnihla: 7km) and Extension of Line E (Bougatfa –May: 6km). It will be executed in the time period of 2017-2020.The project is being funded by Govt of Tunisia and a pool of three European donors i.e. French Development Agency (AFD), Kreditanstalt Für Wiederaufbau (KFW), European Investment Bank (EIB).In August 2018, RFR terminated the contract with TECNIS spa due to technical failures. Hence, RFR has now issued new tenders for the completion of civil work of Line D with the submission deadline on September 28, 2018.Construction activities on remaining Lots are underway. Read More

In 2024, after two years of growth, there was significant decline in the Tunisian construction equipment blade market, when its value decreased by -21.8% to $134K. Over the period under review, consumption, however, saw a strong expansion. Over the period under review, the market reached the peak level at $240K in 2018; however, from 2019 to 2024, consumption failed to regain momentum.

Abstract

This survey was conducted in Tunisia between March 2013 and July 2014, as part of the joint World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Investment Bank (EIB) Enterprise Survey. The objective of the survey is to obtain feedback from enterprises on the state of the private sector as well as to help in building a panel of enterprise data that will make it possible to track changes in the business environment over time, thus allowing, for example, impact assessments of reforms. Through interviews with firms in the manufacturing and services sectors, the survey assesses the constraints to private sector growth and creates statistically significant business environment indicators that are comparable across countries.

The standard Enterprise Survey topics include firm characteristics, gender participation, access to finance, annual sales, costs of inputs/labor, workforce composition, bribery, licensing, infrastructure, trade, crime, competition, capacity utilization, land and permits, taxation, informality, business-government relations, innovation and technology, and performance measures. Over 90% of the questions objectively ascertain characteristics of a country's business environment. The remaining questions assess the survey respondents' opinions on what are the obstacles to firm growth and performance.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

The primary sampling unit of the study is the establishment. An establishment is a physical location where business is carried out and where industrial operations take place or services are provided. A firm may be composed of one or more establishments. For example, a brewery may have several bottling plants and several establishments for distribution. For the purposes of this survey an establishment must make its own financial decisions and have its own financial statements separate from those of the firm. An establishment must also have its own management and control over its payroll.

Universe

The whole population, or universe of the study, is the non-agricultural economy. It comprises: all manufacturing sectors according to the group classification of ISIC Revision 3.1: (group D), construction sector (group F), services sector (groups G and H), and transport, storage, and communications sector (group I). Note that this definition excludes the following sectors: financial intermediation (group J), real estate and renting activities (group K, except sub-sector 72, IT, which was added to the population under study), and all public or utilities-sectors.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample was selected using stratified random sampling. Three levels of stratification were used in this country: industry, establishment size, and region.

Industry was stratified into three manufacturing (food, garments, and other manufacturing) and two service (retail and other services) sectors.

Size stratification was defined following the standardized definition for the rollout: small (5 to 19 employees), medium (20 to 99 employees), and large (more than 99 employees). For stratification purposes, the number of employees was defined on the basis of reported permanent full-time workers. This seems to be an appropriate definition of the labor force since seasonal/casual/part-time employment is not common practice, apart from the construction and agriculture sectors which are not included in the survey.

Regional stratification was defined in five regions: Tunis, Sfax, Northeast (consisting of Ariana, Ben Arous, Bizerte, Manouba, and Nabeul), South Coast/West (Sousse, Monastir, Mahdia, Gabes, Medenine) and the Interior (Beja, Gafsa, Jendouba, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kebili, Kef, Sidi Bouzid, Siliana, Tataouine, and Tozeur).

For Tunisia ES, two sample frames were used: the Guide Economique de la Tunisie, 2013 and the Orbis database from Bureau van Dijk. The former did not include firm size information based on size, while the latter was considered to have a full representation of large firms. The Guide Economique source was used for small and medium strata, while the Orbis source was used for large firms. Duplicate entries were removed, with preference for the frame with present size information.

The enumerated establishments with five employees or more were then used as the sample frame with the aim of obtaining interviews at 600 establishments. Given the impact that non-eligible units included in the sample universe may have on the results, adjustments may be needed when computing the appropriate weights for individual observations. The percentage of confirmed non-eligible units as a proportion of the total number of sampled establishments contacted for the survey was 8.5% (576 out of 6,806 establishments).

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The following survey instruments are available: - Manufacturing Questionnaire; - Services Questionnaire.

All variables are named using, first, the letter of each section and, second, the number of the variable within the section, i.e. a1 denotes section A, question 1. Variable names proceeded by a prefix "MNA" indicate questions specific to the Middle East and North Africa region, therefore, they may not be found in the implementation of the rollout in other countries. All other suffixed variables are global and are present in all economy surveys over the world. All variables are numeric with the exception of those variables with an "x" at the end of their names. The suffix "x" denotes that the variable is alpha-numeric.

Cleaning operations

Data entry and quality controls are implemented by the contractor and data is delivered to the World Bank in batches (typically 10%, 50% and 100%). These data deliveries are checked for logical consistency, out of range values, skip patterns, and duplicate entries. Problems are flagged by the World Bank and corrected by the implementing contractor through data checks, callbacks, and revisiting establishments.

Response rate

The number of realized interviews per contacted establishment was 0.25. This number is the result of two factors: explicit refusals to participate in the survey, as reflected by the rate of rejection (which includes rejections of the screener and the main survey) and the quality of the sample frame, as represented by the presence of ineligible units. The number of rejections per contact was 0.73.

Item non-response was addressed by two strategies: a- For sensitive questions that may generate negative reactions from the respondent, such as corruption or tax evasion, enumerators were instructed to collect the refusal to respond as a different option from don’t know. b- Establishments with incomplete information were re-contacted in order to complete this information, whenever necessary.

Survey non-response was addressed by maximizing efforts to contact establishments that were initially selected for interview. Attempts were made to contact the establishment for interview at different times/days of the week before a replacement establishment (with similar strata characteristics) was suggested for interview. Survey non-response did occur but substitutions were made in order to potentially achieve strata-specific goals.

The Tunisian market for building blocks and bricks of cement, concrete or artificial stone reduced modestly to $273M in 2024, stabilizing at the previous year. In general, the total consumption indicated a slight expansion from 2012 to 2024: its value increased at an average annual rate of +1.2% over the last twelve years. The trend pattern, however, indicated some noticeable fluctuations being recorded throughout the analyzed period.

In the third quarter of 2022, the value added by the oil and natural gas extraction sector in Tunisia decreased by **** percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. This sector showed the sharpest decline among the economic activities under review. On the other hand, the contribution of the finance and insurance sector grew by *** percent compared to the year before. In 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak affected all economic sectors in the country.

Tunisia Bank Loans: Short Term: Industry: Construction data was reported at 1,665.554 TND mn in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,654.437 TND mn for May 2018. Tunisia Bank Loans: Short Term: Industry: Construction data is updated monthly, averaging 1,007.062 TND mn from Jan 2007 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 138 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,665.554 TND mn in Jun 2018 and a record low of 736.875 TND mn in Feb 2007. Tunisia Bank Loans: Short Term: Industry: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Tunisia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.KB003: Bank Loans.

Tunisia Bank Loans: ML: Industry: Construction data was reported at 1,017.704 TND mn in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,022.400 TND mn for May 2018. Tunisia Bank Loans: ML: Industry: Construction data is updated monthly, averaging 575.198 TND mn from Jan 2007 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 138 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,022.400 TND mn in May 2018 and a record low of 287.194 TND mn in Jan 2007. Tunisia Bank Loans: ML: Industry: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Tunisia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.KB003: Bank Loans.

Public services were the leading contributor to the Tunisian gross domestic product (GDP) with over *** billion U.S. dollars as of 2019. Trade, hotels, and restaurants were the second major contributors in the public services sector, as they yielded over *** billion U.S. dollars. More than *** billion U.S. dollars also came from manufacturing industries. Returns from agriculture, transport, as well as other services also made over **** billion U.S. dollars of the GDP. Building and construction, in addition to electricity, gas, and water supply were the least contributors, as total returns from those sectors were estimated at slightly over *** billion U.S. dollars.