Quality of life in Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, business freedom and safety.
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Tunis, Tunisia, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, business freedom and safety.
Large apartment | $370.00 |
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Medium apartment | $310.00 |
Rent index [score] | 1.00 |
Small apartment | $240.00 |
5km taxi ride | $2.30 |
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A Cappuccino | $1.10 |
A beer | $0.90 |
A kilogram of Apples | $1.40 |
Bread | $0.12 |
Inflation [score] | 1.00 |
Lunch | $3.40 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $29.00 |
Monthly public transport | $13.00 |
Movie ticket | $2.40 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $16.42 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 1 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.20 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.39 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 2 |
Meetups [score] | 0.17 |
Meetups groups | 24 |
Meetups members | 12251 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 52 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 1 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.35 |
Startup events | 2 |
Startup events [score] | 0.15 |
Startups [score] | 0.39 |
Total number of startups | 18 |
Airport hub | 60 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.32 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.20 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Tunisia/Tunis |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.77 |
Business freedom | 81.30 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.79 |
Freedom from corruption | 40.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.31 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 64.00 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.52 |
Time to open a business | 11.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.89 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.66 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 33 |
Guns per 100 residents | 0 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.10 |
Lack of guns [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.55 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.34 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.62 |
Life expectancy (years) | 75.32 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.52 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 377.83 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 404.08 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 398.05 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 54 |
PISA ranking | 55 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.10 |
PISA reading (high school) | 49 |
PISA science (high school) | 51 |
Percent of happy students | 0.76 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.68 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.49 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.55 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.01 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.00 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.00 |
Air quality [score] | 0.44 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.29 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.33 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.25 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 2.40 |
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Currency for urban area | TND |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.42 |
GDP per capita | $11299.94 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.20 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.25 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.27 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.60 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 144 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.18 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 6.07 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.10 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.11 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 3.19 |
Art galleries | 134 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.54 |
Cinemas | 66 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.33 |
Comedy clubs | 67 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.86 |
Concert venues | 28 |
Concerts [score] | 0.21 |
Historical sites | 101 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.75 |
Museums | 26 |
Museums [score] | 0.40 |
Performing art venues | 52 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.57 |
Sport venues | 48 |
Sports [score] | 0.50 |
Zoos | 6 |
Zoos [score] | 0.72 |
LGBT Equality Index | 23.49 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.21 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Illegal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Not legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.74 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.19 |
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Median peak in meters | 387.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 22.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.88 |
Costs of living in Tunis are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Tunis will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in Tunis are very low. For this job type, Tunis ranks 257th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Tunis.
The overall crime rate puts Tunis in position 104 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Tunis (تونس) is the capital of Tunisia. With a population of around two million inhabitants, the entire city feels sprawling and somewhat chaotic. There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of Carthage, which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too. Tunis is an interesting mix of new and old, including colonial French buildings. The souq and the medina are among the most authentic and hassle-free in North Africa.
Located on the Mediterranean coast but lacking much in the way of beaches, Tunis has been spared the onslaught of package tourism to the resorts to the north and south. Downtown is located about 10 km from the sea, at the bank of Lake Tunis. Tunis started out as a modest village compared to cities like Carthage, Kairouan and Madhiga. It eventually became the capital of the Almohad Caliphate in 1159, and has been conquered by various Muslim and Christian empires after that. Tunis has been the capital of Tunisia since the independence in 1956, and is today the commercial and cultural heart of Tunisia as well as the most important traffic hub.
Tunis is divided into the World Heritage Listed old city, known as the medina, and the new city, or ville nouvelle in French. Ave Habib Bourguiba is the large avenue running through the new city from the clock tower to the Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul. It then turns into Ave de France, which runs for a few blocks until ending at the Place de la Victoire and the Port de France, a large free-standing gate that used to be the entrance to the medina. This can be a good landmark for taxi drivers, as some of the smaller streets nearby aren't sure to be known by the driver.
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