TUNIS, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA) announced on Tuesday that declared investments in Tunisia rose 41.5 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of this year, reaching about 5.97 billion Tunisian dinars (about 2 billion U.S. dollars).
The TIA's report attributed the growth mainly to three large renewable energy projects confirmed in September, with a total investment of 1.08 billion dinars.
The report added that these investments are expected to create 74,111 jobs, a 17.8-percent increase compared with the same period in 2024.
In terms of sector distribution, the industrial sector accounted for 30 percent of declared investments in the first nine months of 2025, followed by renewable energy at 28 percent, services 17 percent, agriculture 15 percent, and tourism 10 percent. ■