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404TN FILE 04 · NATIONAL PRESSURE DOSSIERS

File 04: Work · Longitudinal Record (2019–2026)

Employment improved unevenly. Opportunity remains the question.

Read overall, youth and graduate unemployment with their own denominators, then trace the employment programme record.

Quarterly labour evidenceLatest supported material · Summer 2026Latest comparable period · Summer 2026

What This File Documents

Read overall, youth and graduate unemployment with their own denominators, then trace the employment programme record.

EXPLICITLY IN SCOPE

Quarterly labour evidence. Documentary history, implementation and evidence limitations.

DELIBERATELY OUTSIDE SCOPE

Unemployment trends alone do not establish the effect of a specific programme or sole presidential causation.

Current Overview

Latest supported material is Summer 2026. This is descriptive; it is not a comparison period or an evidence-through date. Latest comparable period: Summer 2026.

Latest comparable observations

FACTComparable observationSummer 202626.6%

Higher-Education Graduate Unemployment

26.6% — Q2 2026 (Male: 14.2%, Female: 35.6%). % of Active University Graduates.

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

Read evidence · 2026-06-30
FACTComparable observationSummer 202614.9%

Overall Unemployment

14.9% — Q2 2026 (622.4k Jobless). % of Active Population (Ages 15+).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

Read evidence · 2026-06-30
FACTComparable observationSummer 202635.4%

Youth Unemployment

35.4% — Q2 2026. % of Active Youth (Ages 15–24).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

Read evidence · 2026-06-30

Latest verified developments

No separate verified development is represented.

No comparable observation for a later period is represented in this selected dossier.

Summer 2026 snapshot

This is the fixed historical snapshot of observations dated June through August 2026. Later periods and developments are presented separately.

FACTComparable observationSummer 202614.9%

Overall Unemployment

14.9% — Q2 2026 (622.4k Jobless). % of Active Population (Ages 15+).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

Read evidence · 2026-06-30
FACTComparable observationSummer 202635.4%

Youth Unemployment

35.4% — Q2 2026. % of Active Youth (Ages 15–24).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

Read evidence · 2026-06-30
FACTComparable observationSummer 202626.6%

Higher-Education Graduate Unemployment

26.6% — Q2 2026 (Male: 14.2%, Female: 35.6%). % of Active University Graduates.

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

Read evidence · 2026-06-30

What the evidence shows

Latest comparable observations and verified developments

FACTSummer 20262026-06-30 · ISS-WORK-03

Higher-Education Graduate Unemployment

26.6% — Q2 2026 (Male: 14.2%, Female: 35.6%). % of Active University Graduates.

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

ECON-04-UNEMP-GRAD · SRC-INS-EMP2026Q2 · SRC-INS-EMP2019

FACTSummer 20262026-06-30 · ISS-WORK-01

Overall Unemployment

14.9% — Q2 2026 (622.4k Jobless). % of Active Population (Ages 15+).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

ECON-02-UNEMP-OVERALL · SRC-INS-EMP2026Q2 · SRC-INS-EMP2019

FACTSummer 20262026-06-30 · ISS-WORK-02

Youth Unemployment

35.4% — Q2 2026. % of Active Youth (Ages 15–24).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

ECON-03-UNEMP-YOUTH · SRC-INS-EMP2026Q2 · SRC-INS-EMP2019

The 2019 baseline

2019 marks the beginning of Kais Saied’s presidency, not the beginning of these systems or their problems. Preserve the reference period when comparing outcomes.

FACT Overall Unemployment: 15.3% (634.9k Jobless) — Q2 2019 (14.9% Annual 2019) Reference

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FACT Youth Unemployment: 34.3% — Q2 2019 Reference

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FACT Higher-Education Graduate Unemployment: 28.0% — Q2 2019 (Male: 15.7%, Female: 38.1%) Reference

Inherited conditions / dated context

2021 context Tunisia suffered structural unemployment (16.2% overall, 28.5% for higher education graduates) with persistent regional disparities between coastal and interior governorates. ACC-CHAIN-03 · Community Enterprises (Sociétés Communautaires) & Youth Employment

2021 context Following the July 25, 2021 exceptional measures, President Saied cited the 2011 Abdelfattah Amor anti-corruption report asserting that 460 businessmen owed 13.5 billion TND to the state. ACC-CHAIN-04 · Penal Reconciliation Commission & Ill-Gotten Asset Recovery

Context from another year is not relabelled as a 2019 measurement.

What changed, 2019–2026

Complete chronology of documented events

Evidence inventory review date: 13 September 2026; this is not an evidence-through date.

FACTHistorical Context2025-01-01 · ISS-WORK-05

Community Enterprises — Administrative Rollout in 2025

Official Ministry of Employment records document progressive registration of community enterprises under Decree-Law 2022-15, with 144 created by February 2025, 255 with tax identifiers (55 operational) by August 2025, and 236 created with 60 fully operational by November 15, 2025. Financing was supported through 95 million TND in dedicated state credit facilities allocated across the 2023–2026 finance laws. 404TN preserves each dated official administrative snapshot rather than deriving a single synthetic count.

Recorded status: CONFIRMED.

ROP-OUT-2025-COMMUNITY-YIELD · SRC-MEFP-COMM2025

FACTHistorical Context2025-02-10 · ISS-WORK-04

Executive Promotion of Community Enterprises (Sociétés Communautaires)

The presidency directed regional governors and the Ministry of Employment to prioritize state land concessions and dedicated funding lines (Banque Tunisienne de Solidarité) for newly formed 'Community Enterprises' under Decree-Law 2022-15.

Recorded status: CONFIRMED.

ROP-DEC-2025-COMMUNITY-ENT · SRC-MEFP-COMM2025

FACTSummer 20262026-06-30 · ISS-WORK-01

Overall Unemployment

14.9% — Q2 2026 (622.4k Jobless). % of Active Population (Ages 15+).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

ECON-02-UNEMP-OVERALL · SRC-INS-EMP2026Q2 · SRC-INS-EMP2019

FACTSummer 20262026-06-30 · ISS-WORK-02

Youth Unemployment

35.4% — Q2 2026. % of Active Youth (Ages 15–24).

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

ECON-03-UNEMP-YOUTH · SRC-INS-EMP2026Q2 · SRC-INS-EMP2019

FACTSummer 20262026-06-30 · ISS-WORK-03

Higher-Education Graduate Unemployment

26.6% — Q2 2026 (Male: 14.2%, Female: 35.6%). % of Active University Graduates.

Reference period is Q2, not the annual unemployment average. The archive contains an inconsistent 2019 headline in the source manifest; this dossier retains the explicitly quarterly Economy comparator.

ECON-04-UNEMP-GRAD · SRC-INS-EMP2026Q2 · SRC-INS-EMP2019

Trace the record

State Response & Known Outcomes

PROMISE → DECISION → ACTION → MONEY → RESULT → RESPONSIBILITY → EVIDENCE

ACC-CHAIN-03

ACC-CHAIN-03 · Community Enterprises (Sociétés Communautaires) & Youth Employment

What institutional framework, public capital, and administrative mechanisms were deployed for Community Enterprises (الشركات الأهلية) — and what was their measured impact on employment and regional development?

Open the canonical investigation for its complete sequence, financing status, measured outcomes and causal boundaries.

ACC-CHAIN-04

ACC-CHAIN-04 · Penal Reconciliation Commission & Ill-Gotten Asset Recovery

What legal mechanisms were created under the Penal Reconciliation framework, how did the 13.5 billion TND target compare with actual financial recoveries, and where were recovered funds deposited?

Open the canonical investigation for its complete sequence, financing status, measured outcomes and causal boundaries.

Responsibility ≠ causation. Responsibility ≠ wrongdoing. Temporal sequence ≠ causal proof.

Who had institutional responsibility?

ACCOUNTABLE INSTITUTIONS

ACC-CHAIN-03

Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia LEAD_AUTHORITY
Conceived ideological and statutory framework; drafted Decree-Law 2022-15.

Causal boundary: Drove political priority and regulatory mandates.

Ministry of Social Affairs IMPLEMENTING_AGENCY
Supervises legal registration, model bylaws, and State Secretariat operations.

Causal boundary: Executed administrative verification and registry coordination.

Ministry of Finance FINANCING_SOURCE
Statutory credit line appropriations in Finance Laws 2023, 2024, and 2025 via BTS Bank.

Causal boundary: Allocated 95M TND funding envelope for concessional enterprise loans.

ACC-CHAIN-04

Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia LEAD_AUTHORITY
Initiated 13.5B TND framework; appointed and dismissed Commission leadership.

Causal boundary: Established political target and structural mechanism.

National Penal Reconciliation Commission IMPLEMENTING_AGENCY
Statutory jurisdiction under Decree-Law 2022-13 to audit files, negotiate sums, and draft settlement accords.

Causal boundary: Conducted confidential file review and arbitration.

Ministry of Finance OVERSIGHT_BODY
Administers Special Treasury Account No. 18 receiving settlement receipts.

Causal boundary: Records cash receipts and executes approved budgetary disbursements.

What the evidence establishes

ESTABLISHED

  • 26.6% — Q2 2026 (Male: 14.2%, Female: 35.6%). % of Active University Graduates. Evidence
  • 14.9% — Q2 2026 (622.4k Jobless). % of Active Population (Ages 15+). Evidence
  • 35.4% — Q2 2026. % of Active Youth (Ages 15–24). Evidence

NOT ESTABLISHED

Unemployment trends alone do not establish the effect of a specific programme or sole presidential causation.

DATA GAP

The selected records do not establish comparable governorate-level net job creation, programme survival or public/private employment contributions for Summer 2026. Inventory record

Data gaps

DATA GAPDATA_GAP2026-09-13 · ISS-WORK-06

Limits of the selected evidence

The selected records do not establish comparable governorate-level net job creation, programme survival or public/private employment contributions for Summer 2026.

This is a bounded inventory gap, not a claim that no such data exists anywhere.

R3.1 inventory review · R3.1-INVENTORY

Evidence register

Canonical provenance is preserved. A named document without a direct URL is identified as such; it is not presented as newly retrieved or independently verified.

R3.1-INVENTORY · EDITORIAL_AUDIT
R3.1 selected repository evidence inventory 2026-09-13 · Direct document URL not supplied in canonical record