Tuvalu
Country in Oceania
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 9.5K (2025). World rank 216 of 216; in Oceania, 19 of 19. Area: 26 km². World rank 242 of 249; in Oceania, 24 of 27. GDP: $57.3M (2025). World rank 210 of 210; in Oceania, 19 of 19. From 2015 to 2025: population 11K → 9.5K, GDP $36.8M → $57.3M, and GDP per person $3,353 → $6,041.
State
- Official name
- Tuvalu
- Local name
- Tuvalu
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Region
- Oceania
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Ben Do
- Independence
- October 1, 1978
- Women in parliament
- 0% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 9,492 2025
- Area
- 26 km²
- GDP
- $57.3M 2025
- GDP per person
- $6,041 2025
- Life expectancy
- 67.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Tuvaluan
- Currency
- Australian Dollar (AUD), Tuvaluan dollar (TVD)
- Time zones
- UTC+12
- Calling code
- +688
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- I
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 24
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 100% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Niulakita, 5 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 2
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- March, 28°C
Population and migration
- Population density
- 365.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -1.6% 2025
- Living in cities
- 65.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -255 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.6% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 33% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 59.9% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 70.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 63.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 22 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.3 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 92.7%, other 5.4%, and other Christian 1.5% (2017)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 80.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 59.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 40 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 47.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 80.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $6,759 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $9,780 2025
- Inflation
- +0.5% 2011
- Price level, USA = 100
- 90 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 15.9% 2015
- Industry, share of GDP
- 7% 2015
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +40% 2023
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 5.1% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 39.1 2010
- Living on under $3 a day
- 9% 2010
Education
- Adult literacy
- 100% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 90.7% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 19.4% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 12.9% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 27.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,724 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 0% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.4 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.9 2020
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.2 2001
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 97% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 16.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 19.2 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 170 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 19% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 85.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 33.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 98.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 89.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 84% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 18.3 2012
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 90.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 5.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 0.4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 39.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 0% 2025
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 35.2% 2017
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 99 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 4.5 2022
- Internet domain
- .tv
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 5.2% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 15.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 84.2% 2021
Transport
- Airports
- 1 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 0 2023