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Tunisia

#77 globally

Middle East & Africa

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#16 in Middle East & Africa

↑Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

40/100
↑Positive(+2)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

40/100
Early Adoption

Tunisia is deploying AI roughly in line with its readiness capacity.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure10/20
Talent11/20
Governance10/20
Investment5/20
Economic Readiness4/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Early Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
7/20
Enterprise Adoption
8/20
Talent DemandWeakest
7/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
10/20
R&D Pipeline
8/20

Strong tech education system and European market proximity drive IT and AI services adoption.

Trajectory Outlook

42
/100

by 2028

40 now→+2 pts
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Top Accelerator

Highest engineer density in Africa and EU proximity creating strong nearshore AI services base

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Top Risk

Political instability since 2021 constitution reducing investment confidence and international partnerships

Pillar Detail

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AI Analysis

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◉Development Phase

Tunisia is in the Development Phase

Scaling infrastructure and talent pipelines. Projected score by 2028: 42/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 40

2

2025–26

Talent pipeline scaling to 1,000+ AI graduates/yr

3

2026–27

AI regulation framework published

4

2028

Domestic AI investment exceeds 0.5% GDP

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

⬠Economic Readiness
4/20
Near

Expand financial inclusion; target 80% banked population by 2026

Mid

Develop AI-driven export diversification strategy beyond primary commodities

◇Investment & R&D
5/20
Near

Launch government-backed AI seed fund (≥$50M) for domestic startups

Mid

Negotiate bilateral R&D agreements with OECD partners; join CERN or equivalent

⬡Digital Infrastructure
10/20
Near

Extend rural connectivity and reduce mobile data costs below $2/GB

Mid

Build national data centre capacity and connect to international internet exchanges

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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