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Tuvalu
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Tuvalu · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
9,492
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 9492 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$57.35 million
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 57345434.7234984 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$6,041
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 6041.44908591428 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Tuvalu at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Government type
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Population
total: 11,824 (2025 est.) male: 5,865 female: 5,959
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$57.055 million (2023 est.) $54.938 million (2022 est.) $54.568 million (2021 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$62.28 million (2023 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
3.9% (2023 est.) 0.7% (2022 est.) 1.8% (2021 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$5,800 (2023 est.) $5,500 (2022 est.) $5,400 (2021 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
11.5% (2022 est.) 6.2% (2021 est.) 1.9% (2020 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Budget
revenues: $87 million (2019 est.) expenditures: $88 million (2019 est.) note: revenue data include Official Development Assistance from Australia
Current account balance
$2.713 million (2022 est.) $14.533 million (2021 est.) $8.46 million (2020 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$2.232 million (2022 est.) $2.745 million (2021 est.) $3.089 million (2020 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$57.388 million (2022 est.) $63.962 million (2021 est.) $56.947 million (2020 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.) electrification - urban areas: 100% electrification - rural areas: 99.1%
Internet users
percent of population: 74% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way from Hawaii to Australia
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Funafuti geographic coordinates: 8 31 S, 179 13 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the town has the same name as the island it is located on; the name may either come from the Polynesian word futi (banana) or the name Futi, one of the wives of a local ruler, with the word funa added as a feminine prefix note: the capital is an atoll of 29 islets; administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
upper middle-income Pacific island economy; extremely environmentally fragile; currency pegged to Australian dollar; large international aid recipient; subsistence agrarian sector; Te Kakeega sustainable development; domain name licensing incomes
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
fish, coconut (copra)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
coconuts, vegetables, tropical fruits, bananas, root vegetables, pork, chicken, eggs, pork fat, pork offal (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
fishing
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Thailand 88%, Japan 6%, Philippines 3%, Ireland 1%, USA 1% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
fish (2023) note: top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
China 42%, Fiji 24%, Japan 11%, Australia 11%, NZ 4% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
ships, refined petroleum, iron structures, fish, hand tools (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
low-lying and narrow coral atolls
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 60% (2023 est.) arable land: 0% (2022 est.) permanent crops: 60% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.) forest: 34.3% (2023 est.) other: 5.7% (2023 est.)
2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
severe tropical storms are usually rare, but in 1997 there were three cyclones; low levels of islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level
1997 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Protestant 92.7% (Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu 85.9%, Brethren 2.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.5%, Assemblies of God 1.5%), Baha'i 1.5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.5%, other 3.9%, none or refused 0.4% (2017 est.)
2017 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 29.2% (male 1,754/female 1,672) 15-64 years: 63.2% (male 3,736/female 3,675) 65 years and over: 7.6% (2024 est.) (male 326/female 570)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 66.2% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 2.08% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 69 years (2024 est.) male: 66.5 years female: 71.6 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Literacy
total population: 100% (2022 est.) male: 100% (2022 est.) female: 100% (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 9,880 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 99 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 0 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
1 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 1 (2024) large: 0 medium: 0 small: 0 very small: 1 ports with oil terminals: 1 key ports: Funafuti Atoll
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 15.9% (2015 est.) industry: 7% (2015 est.) services: 70% (2012 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2015, 2012 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
4.2% of GDP (2023 est.) 4.2% of GDP (2022 est.) 4.9% of GDP (2021 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2023, 2022, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Australian Dollar
AUD per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 AUD = US$0.6964273
1.3851–1.4406 AUD per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | AUD per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1.4359 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1.4387 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1.4406 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.4406 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.4404 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.4382 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.4329 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1.4273 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1.424 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 1.4235 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4234 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 1.4233 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 1.4198 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 1.41 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.405 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1.4037 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.4049 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.405 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1.4052 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 1.4054 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 1.4029 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.403 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1.3986 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 1.394 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3935 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 1.3929 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 1.3876 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 1.3851 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 1.3863 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1.3877 |
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- Country reference
- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
- Currency associations
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- Rate observations
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