Economy Minister Samir Saied said on Tuesday that the government seeks growth of 2.1 percent through the 2023-2025 development plan.
In press statements, he said he predicted unemployment rate to drop from 15.3 percent to 14 percent between 2022 and 2025.
Tunisia’s economy already deteriorated after the political transition in 2011, which was exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
The situation pushed thousands of youths to leave the country, marking a record rate of immigration in 2022.
Saied reported that the government seeks to control the trade deficit by increasing exports.
The trade deficit during the first 11 months of 2022 reached a record level of around $7.3 billion compared to $4.6 billion during the same period last year.
Tunisia is seeking $1.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund in exchange for reforms.
Moreover, the Tunisian government offered projects to produce 1,700 megawatts of renewable energies during 2023-2025, with investments worth 5 billion dinars ($1.6 billion), the energy minister Naila Nouira said on Tuesday.
Tunisia also plans to raise phosphate production from 3.7 million tons in 2022 to 12 million tonnes in 2025, she added.
On Monday, staff from state-owned public transport firm Transtu demonstrated outside the prime minister's office, responding to a call by the transport section of the powerful UGTT trade union federation.
The demonstrations addressed delays in salaries and the lack of an end-of-year bonus.
The strike froze "the majority" of transport services across the capital and created traffic jams across Tunis, Transtu said.
The transport ministry said the "wildcat strike paralyzed transport across Greater Tunis... disrupting the functioning of public services and the interests of the citizen"
It said Transtu salaries had been paid starting December 29 and that the "real reason for the strikes is a different set of financial demands, in the form of an annual bonus" to 7,073 staff, worth 16 million dinars (€4.8 million).
It said the bonus was in the process of being paid, and that it was coordinating with "all concerned parties to avoid further disruptions".
