Tunisian economic observatory: public debt tripled in a decade

The Tunisian Economic Observatory (Observatoire Tunisien de l'Économie, OTE) said public debt reached 136.7 billion dinars in 2024, up from 47.3 billion in 2015, as domestic borrowing's share of financing rose from a 2015-2019 average of 30 percent to 82 percent in 2024 while access to foreign lending narrowed. The report found that most of 35 loans approved over two parliamentary terms funded general budget support rather than specific projects, often without the contracts reaching parliament.

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