Sri Lanka vs Tunisia

Sri Lanka and Tunisia compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Sri Lanka has about 1.8 times as many people as Tunisia: 21.8 million against 12.3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Sri Lanka ($5,002) is 7% higher than in Tunisia ($4,657) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Sri Lanka (5%) than in Tunisia (2.5%), a difference of 2.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Tunisia (5.2%) than in Sri Lanka (-4.8%), a difference of 10 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Tunisia (15.1%) than in Sri Lanka (4%), a difference of 11.1 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Sri Lanka can expect to live 1 years longer than one born in Tunisia: 77.7 years against 76.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Sri Lanka is older: half of its people are over 32.8 years, against 32.1 years in Tunisia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Tunisia (76.5%) than in Sri Lanka (54.6%), a difference of 21.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Tunisia (2.6 tonnes) are about 2.4 times as high as in Sri Lanka (1.1 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Sri Lanka (34.4%) than in Tunisia (4.4%), a difference of 30 percentage points in 2024.