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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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