Tunis
2 km around El Omrane
Air quality now
AQI 69
12.4%
tree cover
55.3K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Africa · air quality report · 10 cities
Tunisia air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 10 cities Airleaf measures in Tunisia average AQI 61 (moderate). The worst air is in Sukrah, at AQI 74, and the cleanest in Gabès, at AQI 46.
None of the 10 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 10% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 61
Moderate
US EPA index, across 10 cities
- cities measured
- 10
- worst air: Sukrah
- 74
- cleanest air: Gabès
- 46
- average tree cover
- 6.9%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Tunisia · average AQI 61
Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Tunisia
Moderate
Sfax
2 km around Sfax Eljadida
Air quality now
AQI 53
0.9%
tree cover
86.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Sousse
2 km around Médina de Sousse
Air quality now
AQI 60
2.1%
tree cover
58.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Kairouan
2 km around Médina
Air quality now
AQI 55
0.4%
tree cover
93.0K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Bizerte
2 km around Bizerte
Air quality now
AQI 60
4.3%
tree cover
54.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Sukrah
2 km around La Soukra
Air quality now
AQI 74
9.7%
tree cover
63.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Sīdī Ḥusayn
2 km around Sidi Hassine
Air quality now
AQI 58
4.2%
tree cover
62.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
El Mourouj
2 km around El Mourouj 5
Air quality now
AQI 69
2.0%
tree cover
87.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Across the country
How clean is the air across Tunisia today?
None of the 10 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 10% have Good air. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
10 measured cities
- Good1 (10%)
- Moderate9 (90%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
In aggregate
Tunisia in numbers
Every figure below is read the same way over the same 2 km area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 10 of 10 cities measured so far in Tunisia.
- Average air quality
- AQI 61Mean of the latest reading per city
- Average tree cover
- 6.9%10 of 10 below their target
- Trees counted
- 192KAcross every measured area
- More trees needed
- 619KTo bring each area to its target
Worst air quality right now
Cleanest air right now
Greenest cities in Tunisia
Least tree cover in Tunisia
Excludes barren and desert sites
Against everywhere else
How does Tunisia compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Tunisia average cleaner air than 36% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 14%.
Cleaner air than…
- Tunisia
- Beats 36%
More tree cover than…
- Tunisia
- Beats 14%
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tunisia lost?
Since 2001, Tunisia has lost about 41,800 hectares of forest (about 59,000 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 3,470 hectares (8.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 41,800 haabout 59,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,470 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 65 ha | 167 ha | 232 ha |
| 2002 | 73 ha | 179 ha | 252 ha |
| 2003 | 198 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,550 ha |
| 2004 | 95 ha | 228 ha | 323 ha |
| 2005 | 167 ha | 470 ha | 637 ha |
| 2006 | 88 ha | 263 ha | 351 ha |
| 2007 | 175 ha | 712 ha | 887 ha |
| 2008 | 139 ha | 649 ha | 788 ha |
| 2009 | 241 ha | 787 ha | 1,030 ha |
| 2010 | 91 ha | 352 ha | 443 ha |
| 2011 | 236 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,230 ha |
| 2012 | 128 ha | 1,340 ha | 1,470 ha |
| 2013 | 86 ha | 1,260 ha | 1,350 ha |
| 2014 | 141 ha | 2,390 ha | 2,530 ha |
| 2015 | 105 ha | 1,810 ha | 1,920 ha |
| 2016 | 85 ha | 1,390 ha | 1,470 ha |
| 2017 | 222 ha | 9,650 ha | 9,880 ha |
| 2018 | 58 ha | 855 ha | 912 ha |
| 2019 | 148 ha | 377 ha | 525 ha |
| 2020 | 137 ha | 967 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 2021 | 88 ha | 2,040 ha | 2,130 ha |
| 2022 | 66 ha | 2,890 ha | 2,960 ha |
| 2023 | 165 ha | 3,320 ha | 3,490 ha |
| 2024 | 204 ha | 1,510 ha | 1,720 ha |
| 2025 | 266 ha | 1,390 ha | 1,650 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 2,390 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 2,780 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 9,880 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
What is causing deforestation in Tunisia?
- Wildfirescan grow back84% · 35,200 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.1% · 2,550 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.1% · 2,140 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, shifting farming, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
Tunisia as a whole
4.4% of Tunisia was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 4.0B trees across 4.0M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Tunisia: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Tunisia today?
Right now the 10 cities Airleaf measures in Tunisia average AQI 61 (moderate). The worst air is in Sukrah, at AQI 74, and the cleanest in Gabès, at AQI 46. None of the 10 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 10% have Good air.
Which city in Tunisia has the worst air right now?
Sukrah, at AQI 74 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which city in Tunisia has the cleanest air right now?
Gabès, at AQI 46 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Tunisia has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Tunisia safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 1 city is Good, 9 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 61: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has Tunisia lost since 2001?
About 41,800 ha from 2001 to 2025, 18% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 3,470 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Which city in Tunisia has the most trees?
Gabès, with 22.5% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Tunisia?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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