Relationship dossier
Japan
Tunisia
Relationship assessment
Constructive ties centered on Japanese development cooperation and joint work on TICAD
Japan toward Tunisia
+35Japan has provided Tunisia with development assistance and technical cooperation, including support through loans, grants, and capacity-building programs. Japan also worked with Tunisia on TICAD, the Japan-led initiative for cooperation with African countries.
Tunisia toward Japan
+20Tunisia cooperated with Japan in organizing TICAD 8 and hosted the conference in 2022, providing a major setting for bilateral engagement and Japan’s cooperation with African states.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative structure anchored by Japanese development assistance and joint engagement through TICAD. Tunisia’s hosting of TICAD 8 underscored the partnership, while the extent and durability of other bilateral initiatives are less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Japan and Tunisia maintain cooperative ties, with Japanese development assistance and technical cooperation forming a substantive part of the relationship. Tunisia’s hosting of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8), jointly organized with Japan in 2022, was a major bilateral cooperation initiative. The relationship is constructive, though the scope of cooperation beyond development assistance and TICAD is less clear.
Key developments
Tunisia hosted TICAD 8, jointly organized with Japan, bringing bilateral cooperation and Japan’s engagement with African countries into focus.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of Japanese development assistance and technical cooperation in Tunisia are unclear.
- The extent of bilateral cooperation outside development assistance and TICAD is unclear.