ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Tuvalu

East Asia & Pacific. Upper middle income. Capital: Funafuti. Population 9,492 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
3,261 4,493 5,725 1995 2025 5,776
GDP growth (%)
−10.4 2.3 15.0 1995 2025 1.6
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
0.2 0.9 1.5 2011 2011 0.5
Life expectancy at birth (years)
62.6 64.9 67.2 1995 2024 67.3

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 5,776 2025 +334 +1,498 155 of 199
GDP growth% 1.6% 2025 +4.7 pp −7.7 pp 157 of 209
GDP per person growth% 3.3% 2025 +4.6 pp −6.3 pp 72 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 9,780 2025 +2,860 +4,130 94 of 201
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 0.4% 2025 +0.2 pp −0.4 pp 164 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 0.5% 2011 * – – –

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 9,492 2025 −907 −1,471 217 of 217
Population growth% annual −1.6% 2025 +0.1 pp −1.4 pp 213 of 217
Urban population% of total 65.4% 2025 +3.5 pp +6.5 pp 106 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 67.3 2024 +1.2 +2.0 175 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 16.5 2024 −2.9 −6.5 76 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 27.1% 2023 +8.7 pp +13.3 pp 1 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Adult literacy rate% of people aged 15+ 100.0% 2022 – – 1 of 86
Government spending on education% of GDP 12.8% 2023 −1.7 pp – 2 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 35.2% 2017 * +16.5 pp +25.2 pp –
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 +0.3 pp +2.1 pp 100 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 39.1 2010 * – – –
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 9.0% 2010 * – – –

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 5.2% 2022 −1.8 pp +4.9 pp 167 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 5,069 +1.5 17,730 13,961 483 +3.1% 12% 10%
GDP growth 2.5% −0.1 3.2% 3.6% 6.6 – – –
GDP per person growth 3.8% −0.1 3.2% 3.4% 6.4 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 6,678 +3.2 7,775 7,690 969 +5.6% 27% 21%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 0.5% −0.5 2.4% 2.1% 0.2 – – –
Population 10,414 −1.9 6,549,143 1,418,517 482 −1.4% 0% 0%
Population growth −1.3% −0.4 0.5% 0.6% 0.7 – – –
Urban population 61.7% +1.9 65.4% 65.4% 2.0 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 66.0 +2.1 74.5 73.0 0.6 – – –
Infant mortality 19.9 −1.7 11.2 13.9 2.0 – – –
Health spending 18.3% +2.4 6.2% 5.9% 3.7 – – –
Internet users 18.7% +2.3 – – 7.1 – – –
Access to electricity 99.0% +1.1 100.0% 100.0% 1.0 – – –
Renewable energy 4.2% +0.4 13.8% 11.4% 2.8 – – –

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