International Rankings of Tuvalu 2023, 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	50	4	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	197	450	2017
Internet users - percent of population	69	49 %	2021
Internet users - total	217	7920	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	197	2000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	77	80	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	213	9000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	214	88.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	214	87.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	1	25.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	71	20.820 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	222	2.699 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	227	40.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	74	43.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	1	87 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	147	66.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	53	24.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	28	24.5 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	173	5.6 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	60	70 % of GDP	2012
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	50	39.1 %	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	221	51.187 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	196	26.1 %	2012
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	79	4.1 %	2017
Labor force	223	3615 US Dollars	2004
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	64	26.3 %	2010
Public debt	132	37 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	226	55.169 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	133	2.99 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	147	4900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	1	106.7 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	211	N/A %	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	17	45.9	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	120	9.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	64	20.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	212	N/A metric tonnes of CO2	2023
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	76	N/A metric tons	2023
Electricity - consumption	212	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - exports	99	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - imports	118	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - installed generating capacity	207	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	205	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	58	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	162	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	18	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	133	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	35	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - solar	70	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	7	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - wind	74	N/A %	2023
Energy consumption per capita	195	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	74	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	83	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	90	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	195	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - total petroleum production	107	N/A bbl/day	2023
Refined petroleum products - exports	120	0196 bbl/day	0
Refined petroleum products - imports	213	N/A bbl/day	2023
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2014
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	183	0.01 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	184	0.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	157	11.42 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	38	60	2018
Land use - arable land	160	0	2018
Land use - forest	91	33.3	2018
Land use - other	170	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	65	2.08	2025
Urbanization - urban population	81	66.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	124	3989 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	598 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	50	15 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	237	26 sq km	0
Area - total	239	26 sq km	0
Area - water	164	0237 sq km	0
Coastline	183	24 km	0
Elevation - highest point	204	5 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	151	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	38	60	2018
Land use - arable land	160	0	2018
Land use - forest	91	33.3	2018
Land use - other	170	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	1	60	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	151	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	117	0.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	140	0.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	57	0.69 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	51	22.34 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	110	23.7 %	1920
Current health expenditure	1	21.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	29	66.1 %	2023
Death rate	84	7.9 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	105	10 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	70	10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	62	60.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	61	50.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	44	1.37 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	58	24.54 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	55	31.92 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	56	28.32 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	161	71.25 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	169	66.25 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	162	68.69 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	110	27.6 years	2020
Median age - male	108	25.6 years	0
Median age - total	108	26.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	180	6.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	5	51.6 %	2016
Physicians density	102	1.19 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	222	11639	2023
Population growth rate	92	0.81 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	43	91.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	89	9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	79	8.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	48	9.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	53	0.58 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	25	21.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	13	49.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	13	35.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	50	2.81 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	65	2.08	2025
Urbanization - urban population	81	66.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	17	45.9	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	120	9.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	64	20.6	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	97	11000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	60	260	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	167	8 km	2011
Roadways - total	187	8 km	2011
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tuvalu 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tuvalu 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.