Tunis – Tunisia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 2.5% in Q1 over the same period of last year, the highest growth rate seen since 2014’s Q2, according to the country’s minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, Zied Laadhari. The information was published this Tuesday (15) by news agency Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP).
He pointed out the 2.4% growth registered by the industry and the 11.9% growth seen in the agriculture and fishing sector. In the former, the result was influenced by the performances of the food (especially olive oil), mechanical and electrical, textile and apparel industries. The agriculture sector’s results were mainly influenced by the olive oil output, which more than doubled.
Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
