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Add TN as a preferred source on GoogleThe combined total of workers’ remittances and tourism revenues exceeded TND 13.2 billion during the first nine months of 2026, up 4.7% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to monetary and financial indicators published by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT).
Workers’ remittances rose by 5%, increasing from TND 6.5 billion at the end of September 2025 to around TND 6.9 billion at the end of September 2026.
Tourism revenues, meanwhile, reached TND 6.3 billion during the first nine months of the year, compared with TND 6.1 billion over the same period in 2025.
Combined, these two sources of foreign currency inflows covered 142% of external debt service, which stood at nearly TND 9.3 billion.
By contrast, net foreign currency assets recorded a slight decline of 2.4%, falling from TND 24.2 billion, equivalent to 104 days of imports on October 2, 2025, to TND 23.6 billion, corresponding to 92 days of imports on October 2, 2026.
The Central Bank’s statistical data also showed an increase in currency in circulation — banknotes and coins — which exceeded TND 29.6 billion as of October 1, 2026, up 16% compared with the same period in 2025.
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