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	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	189	450	2017
Internet users - percent of population	53	49 %	2019
Internet users - total	202	5711	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	17	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	25.6 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	207	40.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	67	43.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	1	87 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	180	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	137	66.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	50	24.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	26	24.5 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	160	5.6 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	50	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	108	26.1 %	2012
Labor force	203	3615 US Dollars	2004
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	61	26.3	2010
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	196	50.000 million US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	125	4400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	1	106.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	12	45.9	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	99	9.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	20.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	196	N/A metric tonnes of CO2	2022
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	72	N/A metric tons	2022
Electricity - consumption	197	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - exports	95	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - imports	114	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - installed generating capacity	195	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	194	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	58	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	152	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	127	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	35	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	N/A %	2022
Electricity generation sources - wind	71	N/A %	2022
Energy consumption per capita	187	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	71	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	81	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	88	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	183	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - total petroleum production	102	N/A bbl/day	2022
Refined petroleum products - exports	114	212 bbl/day	0
Refined petroleum products - imports	195	N/A bbl/day	2022
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2014
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	176	0.01 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	175	0.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	151	11.42 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	37	60	2018
Land use - arable land	149	0	2018
Land use - forest	82	33.3	2018
Land use - other	157	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.08	2025
Urbanization - urban population	72	65.5	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	117	3989 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 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	208	26 sq km	0
Area - total	208	26 sq km	0
Area - water	151	0237 sq km	0
Coastline	155	24 km	0
Elevation - highest point	174	5 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	146	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	37	60	2018
Land use - arable land	149	0	2018
Land use - forest	82	33.3	2018
Land use - other	157	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	83	16.55	6925
Age structure - 25-54 years	140	37.17	2059
Age structure - 55-64 years	93	9.25	1617
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	146	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	113	0.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	136	0.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	54	0.69 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	50	22.7 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	107	23.7 %	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 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	69	10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	59	60.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	58	50.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	71	N/A % of GDP	0
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	54	28.92 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	147	70.92 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	150	65.96 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	147	68.38 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	102	27.6 years	2020
Median age - male	101	25.6 years	0
Median age - total	98	26.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	162	6.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3	51.6 %	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	91.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	85	9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	75	8.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	46	9.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	19	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	48	0.73	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.53 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	23	21.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	12	49.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	11	35.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	47	2.83 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.08	2025
Urbanization - urban population	72	65.5	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	12	45.9	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	99	9.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	20.6	0
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	58	245	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	150	8 km	2011
Roadways - total	157	8 km	2011
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Tuvalu on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tuvalu 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tuvalu 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.