International Rankings of Tuvalu 2022, 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	49	4.00	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	189	450	2017
Internet users - percent of population	53	49.00 %	2019
Internet users - total	201	5711	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	17.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	184	2000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	102	70.36	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	203	8000	2018
Economy
Budget - expenditures	207	32.460 million US Dollars	2012
Budget - revenues	206	42.680 million US Dollars	2013
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	1	25.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	61	2.000 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	200	10.000 million US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	207	40.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	67	43.70 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	1	87.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	137	66.10 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	50	24.30 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	26	24.50 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	160	5.60 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	50	70.00 % of GDP	2012
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	52	39 %	2010
Imports	198	70.000 million US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	108	26.10 %	2012
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	45	4.10 %	2017
Labor force	203	3615 US Dollars	2004
Population below poverty line	61	26 %	2010
Public debt	118	37.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	206	50.000 million US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	56	3.20 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	146	4400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	1	106.70 % of GDP	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	12	45.90	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	99	9.80	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	20.60	N/A
Energy
Refined petroleum products - exports	114	212 bbl/day	N/A
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	151	11 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	37	60	2018
Land use - forest	82	33	2018
Land use - other	157	7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.08	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	72	66	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	117	3989.00 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	116	598 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	48	15.00 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	208	26 sq km	N/A
Area - total	208	26 sq km	N/A
Coastline	155	24 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	171	5 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	146	2 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	37	60	2018
Land use - forest	82	33	2018
Land use - other	157	7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Population Density	27	444.00 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	83	16.55	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	140	37.17	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	93	9.25	1617
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	136	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	54	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	50	22.70 births/1,000 population	2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate	107	23.70 %	1920
Current health expenditure	1	24 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	73	7.97 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	96	10.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	69	10.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	59	60.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	58	50.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	54	25.09 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	52	32.55 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	54	28.92 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	147	71 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	150	66 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	147	68 years	N/A
Median age - female	102	28 years	2020
Median age - male	101	26 years	N/A
Median age - total	98	27 years	N/A
Net migration rate	162	6.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3	51.60 %	2016
Physicians density	99	1.19 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	204	11544	2022
Population growth rate	86	0.83 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	43	92 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	85	9 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	75	9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	46	9 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	19	1.02	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	48	0.73	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.53 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	23	21 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	12	50 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	11	36 %	2020
Total fertility rate	47	2.83 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.08	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	72	66	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	12	45.90	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	99	9.80	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	20.60	N/A
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	1	N/A
Merchant marine - total	58	245	N/A
Roadways - paved	150	8 km	2011
Roadways - total	157	8 km	2011

*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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