Tunisia Growth Eases in Q2 2026 Despite Strong Agriculture, Services

Tunisia’s economy kept expanding in Q2 2026, but the growth rate cooled to 2.3% year on year, down from 2.6% in the prior quarter and 3.4% a year earlier, according to a report published Saturday, Aug. 15, by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The slowdown persisted even with solid sector performance: agriculture rose 5.5%, services grew 1.9%, and construction expanded 3.6%. Offsetting that momentum, the energy, mining, water, sanitation and waste management sector contracted 1.7%, driven by a 9.6% drop in mining and a 1.1% decline in oil and natural gas extraction. The INS report also links the deceleration to external financing constraints and stalled IMF reform talks since 2023.