Tunisia

__Task 1: Country Factfile__
**Capital:** Tunis

**__Task 3: Eonomic Production__**
GDP: $100,000,000,000, or $100 Billion. (2010) World Rank: 70 (2010) GDP Per Capita: $9,400 (2010) World Rank: 113 (2010) Unemployment Rate: 13% (2010) Population Below Unemployment Line: 3.8% (2005) Agricultural Products: olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beets, dates, almonds, beef and dairy products. Main Industries: petroleum, mining, tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages. Export Partners: France 26.5%, Italy 17.4%, Germany 9.6%, Libya 6.2%, UK 5.6%, Spain 4.2% (2010) Import Partners: France 20.4%, Italy 20.2%, Germany 9.1%, Spain 5.2%, China 4.5%. (2010)

__**Task 4: Population size, Shape, and Life Expectency**__
Total population: 10,525,000 Average Life Expectancy: 75 years old Total Fertility Rate: 2.0





__//**Task 5: What is It Like to live There**//__
**//__News Events:__//** The new goverment has begun and the people have started to vote for their future's, but even though they are not voting for a presedent yet they are still voting for their representatives. October 23rd marked a new chapter in tunisia. They are waiting for the out come of the election. Every one thinks it's a great new begining! At 12.30 this afternoon, October 24th, Tunindex recorded a fall of 1.5% with 4,557.17 points in Tunisia’s stock market. This decline included top titles such as TUNBANK, TUNAUTO, TUNASS, and TUNFIN. Averted the decline exhibiting a moderate increase ranging between 1% and 3%. n a press release issued on October 24th, the National Democratic Institute’s electoral observation mission to Tunisia declared the October 23rd Constituent Assembly elections an outstanding accomplishment.

So now the election is still going on and so many people voted and maybe by next tuesday they will have seen all the votes. This is a great change in Arabe history.

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= **//__TASK 6: Environmental Issues__//** =

Tunisia is given a score of 60.6
How does this compare to other countries? It is ranked 74th out of 163

Which environmental issues are the biggest concern of your country? biodiversity and habitat Summary: This article tells about Tunisia's environmental issues one of them is agriculture. Most of Northern Africa is covered by desert. Poor farming techniques,overgrazing, deforestation,soil erosion,and a limited supply of fresh water and natural resources. Agricultural land is decreasing because of desertification and soil erosion.

Title of Article:Tunisia Author:Matt Hauske Date Published:2005 URL [|http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~sustain/h90/Tunisia.htm]

= __Task 7: Education__ =

What percentage of the GDP is spent on education?
 * 7.1%

How does this compare with the rest of the world? Tunisia is in 15th place.

What percentage of the population is literate?
 * 74.3%

Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female?
 * there's a big difference (18.1%). there is a higher literacy rate among males.

How many years is a person expected to attend school?
 * 15

Is there a difference between between males and females?
 * 1 year difference. females study a year more than males.

The Gender Equality Index
DATA MISSING

__The Global Gender Gap__
Overall Score: 107 Economic Participation and Opportunity: 0.4501 Educational Attainment: 0.9662 Health and Survival: 0.9623 Political Empowerment: 0.1278

Maternal Mortality Rates 60 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) Country comparison to the world: 91