International investment in Tunisia reached 2,126 million dinars, at the end of the first nine months of 2024, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) announced on Friday.
Compared to the last three years, these investments recorded variations of 14.4% compared to 2023, 29.1% compared to 2022 and 53.6% compared to 2021.
International direct investments reached 2,092 million dinars. Compared to the last three years, these investments recorded variations of 21.5% compared to 2023, 27.5% compared to 2022 and 53.2% compared to 2021.
Energy accounted for 25.5% of FDI, manufacturing for 58.9%, services for 14.7% and agriculture for 0.9%.
The flow of non-energy FDI recorded in the first nine months of 2024 made it possible to carry out 701 investment operations with a total value of 1,558 million dinars, creating 9,906 new jobs.
Of these investment operations, 50 (7%) concerned creation projects worth 109.3 million dinars, creating 1,700 (17%) new jobs, while 651 concerned expansion projects worth 1,449 million dinars, creating 8,206 (83%) new jobs.
The regional breakdown confirms the large disparities. More than 52% of FDI is concentrated in the Greater Tunis region (810.6 million dinars), mainly in the Tunis governorate (387.2 million dinars) and the North-East region with almost 26% of FDI (403.6 million dinars).
The country breakdown of non-energy FDI flows puts France in first place with 464.9 million dinars or more than 29% of the total, Germany in second place with 241.9 million dinars, Italy in third place with 209.8 million dinars, Qatar in fourth place with 97.1 million dinars and the United States in fifth place with 88.3 million dinars.
