Tourism receipts and cumulative workers’ remittances cover 120.9% of the external debt service, according to monetary and financial indicators published by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) on Monday, October 6, 2025.
The external debt service (repayment of principal and interest) reached 10,549.2 million dinars (MD) by the end of September 2025, marking a slight decrease of 3.7% compared with 10.9 billion dinars, at the end of September 2024.
This reflects a temporary easing of public debt repayment pressures, allowing more financial resources to be allocated to development projects or to improving general services.
Cumulative workers’ remittances reached 6,485.9 MD by the end of September 2025, up 8 % compared to the same period in 2024.
Tourism revenues also increased 8.2%, reaching 6,264.3 MD by the end of September 2025. Over the first nine months of 2025, the total of remittances and tourism receipts reached nearly 12,750.2 MD, compared with an external debt service of 10,549.2 MD.
Net foreign exchange reserves stood at 24.2 billion dinars as of October 2, 2025, equivalent to 105 days of imports, down from 25.3 billion dinars (114 days of imports) a year earlier.
This decline is due to higher imports of energy and food products, along with financing needs for the state budget.
