Editing Tunis (section)

===Overview===
[[File:Avenue Mohammed V - Tunis 3.jpg|left|thumb|[[Avenue Mohammed V (Tunis)|Avenue Mohamed V]] in the financial district]]
[[File:Tunisia mall.jpg|right|thumb|[[Tunisia Mall]]]]

Products include textiles, [[carpets]], and [[olive oil]]. Tourism also provides a significant portion of the city's income.

Because of the concentration of political authority (headquarters of the central government, presidency, parliament, ministries, and central government) and culture (festivals and mainstream media), Tunis is the only nationally ranking metropolis. Tunis is the heartland of the Tunisian economy and is the industrial and economic hub of the country, home to a third of Tunisian companies—including almost all the head offices of companies with more than fifty employees, with the exception of the [[Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa]], headquartered in [[Gafsa]]—and produces a third of the national gross domestic product.<ref name="STRAT">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/urbanisme_developpement.htm Stratégie de développement de la ville de Tunis (Municipalité de Tunis)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217011850/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/urbanisme_developpement.htm |date=2007-12-17 }}.</ref>

Tunis attracts foreign investors (33% of companies, 26% of investments and 27% of employment), excluding several areas due to economic imbalances. According to the Mercer 2017 Cost of Living Rankings, Tunis has the lowest [[cost of living]] for [[expatriate]]s in the world.<ref>"[https://www.imercer.com/content/mobility/rankings/infographic/index.html Mercer 2017 Cost of Living Rankings]". ''Mercer''. 2017.</ref> The urban unemployment rate of university graduates is increasing and the illiteracy rate remains high among the elderly (27% of women and 12% of men).<ref name="STRAT"/> The number of people living below the poverty line, falling at the national level, remains higher in urban areas. In addition, unemployment is high in young people aged 18 to 24, with one in three unemployed as compared to one in six at the national level. In Greater Tunis, the proportion of young unemployed is at 35%.<ref name="STRAT"/>

Gulf finance house or GFH has invested $10 billion {{citation needed|date=March 2022}} in order for the construction of Tunis financial harbor, which will transform Tunisia as the gateway to Africa from Europe. The project hopes to boost the economy of Tunisia as well as increase the number of tourists visiting Tunisia annually. The project is going through planning.