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Tunisia

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 2.7 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 0%.

4% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 4.6% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 39,726 hectares: 17.7% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year2.662024+0.014.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year2.472023+0.594.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)3.552024−0.116.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person0.682024−0.111.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year-0.112024+0.030.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.062024+0.01100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions-4.92023+22.20.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2382022−0.0060.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year2002024+17—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year9,8922023+1,11221,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%4.42024+1.331.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%4.42024+1.340.9
Solar share of electricity%2.62024+2.46.9
Wind share of electricity%1.72024−1.08.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity5582024−7471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest4.62023+0.1—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 231 ha2002: 244 ha2003: 1,540 ha2004: 319 ha2005: 633 ha2006: 354 ha2007: 878 ha2008: 718 ha2009: 982 ha2010: 398 ha2011: 2,205 ha2012: 1,419 ha2013: 1,301 ha2014: 2,386 ha2015: 1,880 ha2016: 1,455 ha2017: 8,534 ha2018: 905 ha2019: 574 ha2020: 1,062 ha2021: 2,079 ha2022: 2,944 ha2023: 3,447 ha2024: 1,665 ha2025: 1,573 ha
20018,534 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 1.1 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 0.3 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data