Cost of Living inSousse, Tunisia
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Tunisia: $12,775/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 68% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
4.4 / 10
#113 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality + expat access, alongside international and private school cost — the two paths a relocating family weighs.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Tunisia; Sousse-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Mixed public schools
Assessment snapshot: 2022
Expat access
Language-heavy for non-Arabic speakers
hardInstruction
Arabic / French
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
374
Well below OECD avg
PISA 2022 · OECD avg ~480
Why this quality rating
Tunisia has a reasonably structured public school system by North African standards, with Arabic and French as instruction languages. Quality varies significantly by region. International schools in Tunis serve expatriate families.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Enrollment is technically open to resident families, but the Arabic-first (with French) instruction model typically pushes international families toward private or international schools.
📋 Homeschooling
Legal with school enrollmentTunisia allows "individual education" with registration at the Ministry of Education. Students must take official exams at a recognized school. No mandatory curriculum at home but must meet exam standards. Growing digital nomad scene in Tunis.
Homeschool legality in Tunisia — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Estimate-only country fallback for the family-support costs we track in Tunisia.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$450-$650
Estimate-only country fallback
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$850-$1,150
Estimate-only country fallback
Source: curated family relocation research(derived country fallback)
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Sousse is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Tunisia.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
GoodGood national coverage support this rating.
Public care
LimitedPatients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedSelf-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
76/100
2023
Physicians
1.31/1k
2021
Hospital beds
1.82/1k
2023
Out of pocket
38%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
76.7 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
36/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
7.7/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Tunisia yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-07-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
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| Manufacturing | — |
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2019 annual wages in Sousse, Tunisia · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders can stay up to 120 days without a visa.
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Sousse compared with the US?
Your money goes about 3.3x further in Sousse than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Sousse cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Sousse is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 68% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Sousse.
How does rent in Sousse compare with New York City?
Rent in Sousse is about 94% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Sousse?
Groceries in Sousse are about 64% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 79% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Sousse
Sousse is Tunisia's third-largest city, sitting on the Gulf of Hammamet on the central Mediterranean coast roughly 140 kilometers south of Tunis. The medina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the city is the historic center of Tunisia's mass-market beach tourism industry, with adjacent Port El Kantaoui developed specifically as a resort complex in the 1970s. The broader economy combines tourism, olive oil production from the surrounding Sahel region, textile manufacturing serving European markets, and the University of Sousse system. Arabic is the working language with French widely used in business, administration, and higher education. The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean with mild wet winters. Direct flights from European cities to Monastir-Habib Bourguiba Airport roughly 20 kilometers south make Sousse accessible. The 2015 beach attack damaged tourism, though it has since recovered substantially.
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