Businesses in Skhira

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Skhira

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Cafes	26
Education	22
Restaurants	7
Grocery stores and supermarkets	7
Shopping	7
Apartments	6
Department stores	5
Tractors and farm equipment	5
Hospitals	5

Skhira Facts

Area	903.1 km²
Population	38,170
Male Population	19,279 (50.5%)
Female Population	18,891 (49.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+211.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+38.6%
Median Age	30.7 years (Male: 30.3, Female: 31)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$6,461 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Standard Time
Lat & Lng	34.29920, 10.06999
Postal Codes	3050, 3054

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Skhira Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	12,263	21,527	27,531	34,953	38,170	39,608	40,714
Population Density	13.6 / km²	23.8 / km²	30.5 / km²	38.7 / km²	42.3 / km²	43.9 / km²	45.1 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Skhira Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 38.6% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Skhira	+211.3%	+77.3%	+38.6%
Sfax Governorate	—	—	—
Tunisia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Skhira Median Age

Median Age: 30.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Skhira	30.7 yrs	31 yrs	30.3 yrs
Sfax Governorate	30.7 yrs	31 yrs	30.3 yrs
Tunisia	30.5 yrs	30.9 yrs	30.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Skhira Population Density

Population Density: 42.3 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Skhira	38,170	903.1 km²	42.3 / km²
Sfax Governorate	966,151	7,011.6 km²	138 / km²
Tunisia	11.2 million	155,342.3 km²	71.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Skhira Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Skhira

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Skhira

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Skhira Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$2,549	$3,025	$3,937	$4,648	$5,201	$6,097	$5,869	$6,461
Total GDP	$37.3M	$48.7M	$68.7M	$88.5M	$107.5M	$138.9M	$140.3M	$156.6M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Skhira CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Skhira	109,494 tn	2.87 tn	121.2 tons/km²
Sfax Governorate	2,902,535 tn	3 tn	414 tons/km²
Tunisia	28,300,683 tn	2.54 tn	182.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Skhira CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	109,494 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.87 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	121.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (3.1)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/21/18	12:18 AM	5.1	35.5 km	10,000 m	23km SSW of Al Mazzunah, Tunisia	usgs.gov
5/29/08	1:17 AM	4.2	87.1 km	10,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
3/4/03	7:32 PM	4.4	85.5 km	33,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
5/9/01	9:29 AM	3.8	43.2 km	10,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
1/5/98	4:41 AM	3.9	53.8 km	10,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
3/13/92	12:33 AM	4.5	42.6 km	33,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
6/27/88	5:47 PM	4	73.2 km	19,400 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
6/24/88	7:43 AM	4.3	79.3 km	10,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
7/28/86	10:48 AM	4.4	55.1 km	10,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov
4/26/79	12:28 PM	4.2	64.3 km	10,000 m	Tunisia	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Skhira

Skhira (Arabic: الصخيرة‎) is a coastal town in central-eastern Tunisia. It is located at around 34°18′2″N 10°4′15″E. It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Gabes. It has a large oil terminal for pipelines coming from the Tunisian and Algerian oilfields...

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