According to the annual report of the world economical Forum on the global competitiveness ( 2009-2010 ), Tunisia occupies the first place in Africa and 40-th in the world on a total of 133 listed countries.
In the Euro Zone, Tunisia makes better than (43-rd) Portugal, (46-th) Poland, (47-th) Slovakia, (48-th) Italy, (58-th) Hungary, (61-th) Turkey, (64-th) Rumania and (71-th) Greece.
In Africa, Tunisia precedes (45-th) South Africa, (70-th) Egypt, (73-rd) Morocco, (83-rd) Algeria and (88-th) Libya.