The International Monetary Fund maintained its growth forecast for the Tunisian economy, within the range of 1.3 percent in 2023.
compared to 2.5 percent in 2022, and it is likely to rise to 1.9 percent in 2024, which are the same estimates included in the “World Economic Outlook” report. Issued by this structure in April 2023.
The International Monetary Fund’s forecasts in its report on the global economic outlook, which it presented today, Tuesday, in Marrakesh, Morocco, within the framework of the annual meetings of the Fund and the World Bank.
indicate that the inflation rate in Tunisia will be in the range of 9.4 percent in 2023, rising. To 9.8 percent in 2024, compared to a rate of about 8.3 percent in 2022
It is noteworthy that the inflation rate in Tunisia declined in September 2023 to the level of 9 percent, compared to 9.3 percent in August 2023, according to what was shown by the bulletin for the household consumption price index for September 2023 of the National Institute of Statistics, issued on October 5, 2023.
According to the World Economic Outlook report, Tunisia’s trade deficit rate is expected to reach 5.8 percent in 2023, declining to 5.4 percent in 2024. Note that the deficit rate was around 8.6 percent in 2022, according to the same source.
Tunisia’s trade deficit recorded a decline during the first eight months of 2023, reaching 12,194.7 million dinars, compared to 16,913.7 million dinars compared to the same period in 2022, according to data issued by the National Institute of Statistics on September 13, 2026.
It is worth noting that the Fund’s estimates indicate that the growth rate in the Middle East and Central Asia region will be 2 percent in 2023, rising to 3.4 percent in 2024, but it remains in decline compared to the year 2022, which is estimated at 5.6 percent.
The report stated that the inflation rate in the Middle East and Central Asia region will reach 18 percent in 2023 and then decline to 15.2 percent in 2024, but it remains high compared to the rate recorded in 2022, estimated at 14 percent.
Tunisian News Agency