Tunisia’s 2027 budget plans 32,557 public-sector recruitments
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
Tunisian Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri plans 32,557 public-sector recruitments under the 2027 budget, with subsidy allocations rising 21% to 11,846 million dinars. The government also targets inflation of 5.2% in 2027, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
Of the 32,557 public-sector recruitments planned in Tunisia for 2027, 5,663 will concern the integration of workers on public works schemes aged 45 to 55, and 26,894 will concern other sectors, according to Tunisian Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri. Among the latter, 740 posts will be opened to regularise the situation of doctorate holders at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The Tunisian public service workforce is expected to reach 692,702 employees by the end of 2027. The wage bill will then represent 39.7% of state budget expenditure and 13.7% of GDP, according to Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri.
For 2027, allocations for subsidies are expected to increase by 21%, to 11,846 million dinars, compared with 9,772 million dinars in the 2026 Finance Law. Hydrocarbon and electricity subsidies will account for 60% of this amount, those for basic products 34%, with the remainder allocated to transport, according to the prime minister.
The Tunisian government is also targeting inflation of 5.2% in 2027 and expects salary increases in the public and private sectors, as well as pension increases, to continue for 2026, 2027 and 2028, according to Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri. The presentation comes after the announcement on 30 October of the 32,557 public-sector recruitments in 2027.
