Tunisia

12.3 million people

Tunisia runs the E-Houwiya mobile ID (200,000 users by March 2025) and passed organic laws in 2024 for biometric ID cards and passports. The central bank has said it is at research stage on a CBDC.

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Digital IDAvailable, partial uptake Digital moneyResearch · e-dinar WHO rulesAccepted the 2024 rule changes Pandemic AgreementNo recorded objection Migration compactVoted yes Carbon priceNone

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Tunisia

Program: National ID card; E-Houwiya mobile ID
Status: Available, partial uptake
National ID card: ID card compulsory
Biometrics: Yes
Law: Organic Laws No. 22 and 23 of 2024 (biometric ID and passports)

E-Houwiya launched in August 2022 and had 200,000 subscribers by March 2025. A February 2025 central bank KYC rule supports remote onboarding with it. Organic Laws 22 and 23 of 2024 enabled biometric ID cards and passports, targeted for 2025; this research could not confirm whether card issuance started.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status: Research
Name: e-dinar

The central bank denied launching a CBDC in 2019 and said it was at research stage; it ran a trial with the Banque de France in 2021.

Human Rights Foundation — Tunisia CBDC Tracker ↗

On the record

What has happened, newest first

2025-02Rolling it out
The central bank issued KYC rules supporting remote onboarding with the E-Houwiya mobile ID. ID Tech ↗

UN and WHO

How Tunisia has voted

WHO: Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025): No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018): Voted yes
Paris climate deal: Party
SDG Index 2026: 71.3 · rank 72 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs): 3

Sovereignty score

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