Relationship dossier
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
Relationship assessment
Bilateral agreements and Saudi development financing underpin practical cooperation
Saudi Arabia toward Tunisia
+35Saudi Arabia has supported Tunisian development through financing and concluded bilateral agreements with Tunisia, including during King Salman’s 2019 visit. These actions show practical economic and sectoral cooperation.
Tunisia toward Saudi Arabia
+35Tunisia has concluded bilateral agreements with Saudi Arabia, including agreements on investment, education, culture, and transport during King Salman’s 2019 visit. This reflects government-level cooperation across several sectors.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is characterized by practical economic and sectoral cooperation, including a set of bilateral agreements concluded in 2019 and Saudi financing for Tunisian development. The breadth of cooperation is meaningful, although the implementation and continuing scope of these arrangements are not fully 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
Saudi Arabia and Tunisia have maintained practical cooperation through bilateral agreements and economic support. During King Salman’s 2019 visit to Tunisia, the governments concluded agreements and memoranda covering areas including investment, education, culture, and transport. Saudi financing for Tunisian development projects has also reinforced cooperation, though the scope and implementation of these arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
During King Salman’s visit to Tunisia, the two governments concluded agreements and memoranda covering areas including investment, education, culture, and transport.
Saudi Arabia provided financing for Tunisian development projects through the Saudi Fund for Development.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and continuing scope of the 2019 bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The extent of Saudi development financing and its effects on bilateral cooperation are uncertain.