In 2025, trade between Tunisia and Spain reached 6.625 billion dinars, making Madrid the country’s fourth-largest European trading partner. Spain’s ambassador in Tunis now says that volume could double, driven in particular by tourism, agriculture and renewable energy.
How much is trade between Tunisia and Spain worth today?
trade between the two countries could double in the coming years, provided the current trend continues
The figure sets the scene: trade between Tunisia and Spain reached 6.625 billion dinars in 2025.
Speaking to the TAP news agency, Spain’s ambassador in Tunis, Isidro Antonio Gonzalez Afonso, pointed out that Spain is now Tunisia’s fourth-largest European trading partner.
Could trade really double?
That, at least, is the view of Isidro Antonio Gonzalez Afonso, Spain’s ambassador in Tunis: in his assessment, trade between the two countries could double in the coming years, provided the current trend continues. It’s a cautious projection, couched in conditional terms, but one coming from a diplomat directly involved in the matter.
The ambassador bases this hypothesis on where Spain currently stands: it remains Tunisia’s fourth-largest trading partner in Europe, a ranking that, in his view, still leaves room for economic cooperation between the two shores. Whether this trend, observed so far, holds over time remains to be seen.
Which sectors could drive this momentum?
In a televised interview filmed at the TAP studio, Spain’s ambassador in Tunis, Isidro Antonio Gonzalez Afonso, discussed the sectors that could drive this momentum between the two countries. Three areas kept coming up: tourism, agriculture and renewable energy. There’s no timeline or precise figures attached to any of them yet: at this stage, they remain avenues under discussion.
What remains is a relationship built step by step, between a rank already secured and a promise waiting to be fulfilled. If tourism, agriculture and renewable energy live up to the role expected of them, the doubling the ambassador describes could well show up in the figures.
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