Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Tunisia
- +216
What every visitor should know about Tunisia:
- Money
- The currency is the Tunisian dinar (TND). 1 TND is worth about US$0.77, or €0.53.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Tunis
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Tunisia facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 10,486,339
- Language
- Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
- Ethnicity
- Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Economy
- GDP
- US$8,000 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate