THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY NON-RENEWABLE ORIGIN AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TUNISIA

This article addresses the issue of electricity and economic growth in Tunisia consumption. Our first objective is to investigate and analyze the causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in Tunisia over the period from 2000 to 2019.To examine this relationship we used a multivariate approach to co integration, an error correction model based on recent advances in time series econometrics is estimated. The empirical results showed that there are short-term relationships and a long-term relationship between GDP and electricity consumption in Tunisia. The results also indicate the existence of a causal relationship uniform directional between GDP and electricity consumption. Our empirical results support the idea that in Tunisia the current energy deficit is a huge burden on the state budget.