Tunisia has recorded a clear increase in its foreign direct investments (IDE) in the first half of 2025. According to data published by the External Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA-Tunisia), flows reached 1650.3 million dinars, an increase of 20.8% compared to the same period of 2024. This dynamic allowed the creation of nearly 4,700 jobs and confirms the attractive of the country, especially in industry and energy.
Between January and June 2025, foreign investments amounted to 1650.3 million dinars, compared to 1366 million a year earlier. Expressed in currencies, these flows represent $ 537.2 million and 492.7 million euros, with a respective increase of 22% and 21.7%.
Apart from the energy sector, IDEs contributed directly to the creation of 4,677 new positions. A total of 623 investment operations were identified over this period, for a global value of 1242.5 million dinars.
Industry and energy in mind
The manufacturing industry remains the IDE locomotive, attracting 1031.3 million dinars, an increase of 22.9% and representing 62.9% of the total.
The energy sector has also experienced a remarkable leap of 60%, from 248.3 to 398 million dinars, thanks in particular to projects related to renewable energies and the resumption of oil exploration, with eleven drilled wells since the beginning of the year.
On the other hand, the services fell 24.6%to 191 million dinars, and portfolio investments dropped by 28.3%, only 9.7 million dinars.
The agricultural sector, conversely, progressed, almost doubling its entries to reach 20.1 million dinars.
Who is investing in Tunisia?
On the geographical level, France remains the first partner, with 421 million dinars injected. It is followed by Italy (159.4 MD), Germany (124.2 MD), the Netherlands (91 MD) and the United States (88.4 MD).
On the Arab side, Qatar won in the lead, with 66.5 million investment dinars in the first half. This diversification of sources reflects the persistent interest of several regions of the world for the Tunisian economy.
Objectives and perspectives
These results are part of a national strategy aimed at relaunching the attractiveness of Tunisia. The country aims to reach 3400 million dinars of foreign investments by the end of 2025 and 4 billion dinars in 2026, the first year of the development plan 2023-2026.
The government relies on the strengthening of strategic sectors and on better integration into global value chains, in particular in manufacturing industry and renewable energies.
