Madar (Tunis) - Tunisian Head of Government Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri announced on Monday, November 9, 2026, that 32,557 recruitments and integrations into the civil service are planned for 2027, in the government's statement to a joint plenary session of the Assembly of People's Representatives and the National Council of Regions and Districts on the 2027 state budget and economic budget bills, according to the Tunisian daily La Presse.
According to the head of government, the figure includes the integration of 5,663 worksite labourers aged 45 to 55 and 26,894 recruitments in other sectors, among them 740 posts to regularise the status of doctorate holders at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
She added that the civil service workforce would reach 692,702 by the end of 2027, with the wage bill accounting for 39.7% of state budget spending and 13.7% of gross domestic product.
On subsidies, Zenzri said the 2026 finance law allocated 9,772 million dinars, of which about 4,500 million had been spent by the end of August, 71.3% of it on fuel. In 2027, subsidy allocations are set to rise by 21% to 11,846 million dinars, with 60% going to fuel and electricity, 34% to staple goods and the remainder mainly to transport.
The head of government also announced that wage increases in the public and private sectors and pension rises would continue for 2026, 2027 and 2028, and said the government aims to hold inflation at 5.2% in 2027 by keeping markets supplied and stepping up checks against speculation.
The 2027 budget also earmarks 3,768 million dinars for social programmes, including 1,973 million dinars to support low-income households, benefiting 395,000 families, according to Zenzri.
The economic budget bill sent to parliament forecasts growth of 3.1% in 2027, compared with 2.7% expected for the whole of 2026.
