International Rankings of Tuvalu 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Tuvalu, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Tuvalu, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	109	9	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	193	1000	0
Internet users - percent of population	137	49.32 %	2018
Internet users - total	211	5498	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	88	17.59	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	213	1978	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	178	70.36	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	209	7911	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	220	32.460 million US Dollars	2012
Budget - revenues	218	42.680 million US Dollars	2013
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	1	25.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	219	40.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	71	43.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	1	87 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	143	66.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	52	24.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	28	24.5 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	168	5.6 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	54	70 % of GDP	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	109	26.1 %	2012
Labor force	215	3615 US Dollars	2004
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	63	26.3	2010
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	205	49.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	152	4281 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	1	106.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	208	N/A	2021
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2014
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2014
Crude oil - production	89	0	2014
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2014
Electricity - consumption	211	N/A kWh	2021
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2014
Electricity - from fossil fuels	5	96	2015
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2014
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2014
Electricity - from other renewable sources	42	N/A	2021
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2014
Electricity - installed generating capacity	206	5100 kWh	2011
Electricity - production	203	11.800 million	2011
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2014
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2014
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2014
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2014
Natural gas - proved reserves	95	N/A	2021
Refined petroleum products - consumption	171	N/A	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	116	212 bbl/day	0
Refined petroleum products - imports	205	N/A bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2014
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	179	0.01 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	180	0.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	154	11.42 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	38	60	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0	2018
Land use - forest	89	33.3	2018
Land use - other	167	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	64	2.08	2025
Urbanization - urban population	87	64.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	121	3989 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	120	598 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	50	15 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	225	26 sq km	0
Area - total	224	26 sq km	0
Area - water	157	0237 sq km	0
Coastline	169	24 km	0
Elevation - highest point	188	5 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	149	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	38	60	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0	2018
Land use - forest	89	33.3	2018
Land use - other	167	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	72	17.61 %	1966
Age structure - 25-54 years	150	37.17 %	2059
Age structure - 55-64 years	102	9.12 %	7607
Birth rate	51	22.97 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	1	19.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	74	8.04 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	102	1.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	92	1 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	57	25.66 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	55	33.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	57	29.52 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	153	70.59 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	158	65.67 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	153	68.07 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	106	27.6 years	2020
Median age - male	103	25.6 years	0
Median age - total	103	26.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	167	6.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	5	51.6 %	2016
Physicians density	107	0.91 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	213	11448	2021
Population growth rate	96	0.85 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	49	91.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	92	9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	74	8.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	53	9.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	51	0.7	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	49	0.62 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	49	2.86 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	15	45.8	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	93	9.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	54	20.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	64	2.08	2025
Urbanization - urban population	87	64.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	78	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	95	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	160	8 km	2011
Roadways - total	167	8 km	2011
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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