Tunisia is a unitary presidential republic under the 2022 constitution, which concentrates power in the president. Since 2021 the government has ruled largely by decree, prosecuted opponents and maintained a state of emergency.
In the 12 Axes register, Tunisia leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Tunisia sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Governorates under centralised executive
Oligarchy
President governs by decree since 2021
Statist
Decree 54 penalises online false news
Anti-Interventionist
Sovereignty-first rhetoric, refused IMF terms
Neutral
No active military role abroad
Assimilationist
2023 crackdown on sub-Saharan migrants
Social Democratic
Subsidies and state firms dominate
Regulationism
Subsidy system and price controls
Moderate
Heavy EU trade dependence
Spiritual
Islam is the state religion
Conservative
Same-sex acts criminalised
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Tunisia is at Autocratic 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Tunisia is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: GYassineMrabetTalk✉ based on Martin23230 work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
