Tunisia Key Figures
- Population:
- 11.9 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 3.34 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 49.9%
Data of the last year available: 2021
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 101 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 2.29 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 18.1%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
The country's per capita consumption is 0.97 toe, which is 3 times lower than the EU average but average for the region. Its per capita electricity consumption is 1 500 kWh (2021) also close to the average for North African countries (1 490 kWh).
Total energy consumption increased by 7% in 2021 after a 5% drop in 2020, mainly as a consequence of the Covid pandemic. Growth in total consumption has slowed down since 2010, to 1.7%/year over 2011-2019 compared to 3.5%/year between 2000 and 2010.
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Crude Oil Production
Oil production experienced a rapid increase in 2021 (+23%) due to the commissioning of the Halk el Manzel field. Since 2007, production has decreased by 7%/year on average, from 4.8 Mt to 2.1 Mt in 2021. Exceptionally, it increased significantly in 2007 (+39%) through the exploitation of several small wells in southern Tunisia, mainly the offshore field of Oudna (80 km from the coastline in the Gulf of Hammamet, with a production of around 15 kb/d).
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Oil Products Consumption
Oil product consumption rose to 4.7 Mt in 2021, after a regular decline over 2017-2020 (-2.6%/year). Between 2012 and 2015, on the other hand, it increased very rapidly, by 8%/year.
Transport accounts for 51% of this consumption (2021), followed by industry (23%) and the residential and services sector (21%) (2021).
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021, %)
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Natural Gas Consumption
Gas consumption increased by 5% in 2021 after dropping by 5% in 2020. Previously, it increased by 2.8%/year between 2014 and 2019, up to 6.5 bcm. Between 2000 and 2012, it grew very rapidly (over 6%/year) and remained stable until 2014.
The main gas market continues to be electricity production (71%). The remaining consumption can be found in industry (14%) and in the residential and services sector (9%) (2021).
Graph: NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION (bcm)
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Coal Consumption
Coal consumption has almost completely disappeared. Coal was mainly used in the cement industry, where it was replaced by petroleum coke.
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021, %)
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Power Consumption
Electricity consumption rebounded by 7% in 2021, after a 6% decrease in 2020. It increased significantly between 2010 and 2019 (by about 2.7%/year).
Industry accounts for 33% of consumption, followed by the residential sector (32%) and services (25%) (2021).
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021,%)
Renewable in % Electricity Production
In the framework of the Solar Plan, the Parliament adopted a law on renewables in 2015 aimed at covering 12% of its power mix with renewables by 2020 and 35% by 2030 (corresponding to a capacity of 3.8 GW, around 500 MW/year over a period of 8 years and an investment of US$7.1bn between 2016 and 2030, equal to US$294m/year). However, the development of the programme is far behind the initial schedule; with less than 4% of renewables in the power mix in 2020, the 2020 target has not been reached.
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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its updated NDC (2021), Tunisia set an unconditional carbon intensity reduction target of 27% in 2030 compared to 2010 levels and a conditional reduction target up to 45% with international support (from 23.4 MtCO2 to 12.9 MtCO2). The total budget for reaching the mitigation targets is estimated at around US$14.4bn.