Tunisia has recorded a growth rate of 1.9% in the first half of 2017, compared to 1% in the same period of 2016, Director General of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) Hedi Saidi announced on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference in the Government Palace in Kasbah, he added the rate of growth in the second quarter of 2017 reached 1.8%, stating that the growth recorded is mainly due to the growth of the agricultural sector by 3.8%, market services by 4.2% and non-market services by 0.2%.
