More young Tunisian men than women neither work nor study
Share of people aged 15–24 not in employment, education or training, %, Tunisia, by sex, 2014 and 2023.
- 1. Egypt is set to outgrow Japan in 2027, then Russia
- 2. In 2025, Suez Canal traffic was under half its record
- 3. Egypt exports more fresh oranges than any other country
- 4. Egypt is the world's biggest wheat buyer
- 5. Saudi Arabia has more desalination capacity than the entire US
- 6. Three in four UAE residents are international migrants
- 7. Only America draws more new foreign projects than the UAE
- 8. Algeria outspends all of sub-Saharan Africa on its military
- 9. Women in MENA now outpace men at university
- 10. Dubai's airport handles more international travellers than Heathrow
- 11. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
- 12. Oil now makes less than a third of Saudi power
- 13. Egypt now owes Russia more than any other government
- 14. Two-thirds of young Jordanian women in the workforce are jobless
- 15. Baghdad's mobile internet overtook Erbil's
- 16. Morocco climbed to second in world fertiliser exports
- 17. Algiers now has North Africa's fastest home internet
- 18. Saudi imports from China now top the Group of Seven
- 19. Syria has lost more stored water than drought-famous Iran
- 20. Chicken gives Egyptians twice the calories beef does
- 21. More young Tunisian men than women neither work nor study
of young Tunisian men were out of work and school in 2023, against 20.8% of young women.
of young women in 2014, far above men's 26.7%. Men have been higher in every survey since 2022.
neighbours still run the other way: in Morocco, Egypt, Algeria and Jordan young women are far more often shut out.
the numbers & method
| 2014 (%) | 2023 (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| men | 26.7 | 24.4 |
| women | 34.2 | 20.8 |
Claim types Estimate
ILO, ILOSTAT EIP_2EET_SEX_RT (read from the ILO SDMX API) and World Bank WDI (last updated 8 Oct 2026). Youth (15–24) not in employment, education or training, % of age group, women / men: 2005 32.4 / 21.2; 2014 34.2 / 26.7; 2018 27.8 / 26.1; 2019 26.6 / 27.0; 2021 18.3 / 20.6; 2022 22.1 / 25.4; 2023 20.8 / 24.4. 2023 is the last survey-backed year; ILO values for 2024 onward are projections and are not used. The flip comes mostly from women's fall; men's rate rose after 2011. Neighbours, ILO modelled 2024, women / men: Morocco 51.3 / 14.5, Egypt 35.5 / 14.3, Algeria 30.1 / 9.6, Jordan 34.6 / 26.3.
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