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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2024)		10^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		321.5^a
Capital city		Funafuti
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		7^c
UN membership date		05 September 2000
Surface area (km2)		26^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		104.8^a
National currency		Australian Dollar (AUD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.5^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	36	52	59^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	10.4	-4.2	0.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 327.6	4 675.4	5 219.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	13.9	9.1^f	9^f,b
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	12.4^g	15.5^h	17.4^h,b
Economy: Services and other activity^e (% of GVA)	73.7	75.4ⁱ	73.6^i,b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	101^j	...	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	113	111^b
International trade: exports^k (million current US$)	3	8	11^d
International trade: imports^k (million current US$)	44	36	78^d
International trade: balance^k (million current US$)	-41	-27	-67^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-12	8	3^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.2	-1.8	-1.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	59.7	63.2^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.6^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3.3	3.3	3.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	68.9 / 62.1	70.0 / 63.1	70.9 / 63.9^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	31.9 / 8.7	31.7 / 9.6	32.9 / 11.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	0.2 / 2.1^o	0.2 / 2.0^o	... / ...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	26	21.8	19.3^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	13.5	18.9	20^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.9^q	1.3	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	115.9 / 110.8	97.0 / 92.4	96.9 / 99.9^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.2 / 97.3^q	89.2 / 86.7	102.7 / 97.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	69.3 / 41.9^q	71.1 / 55.1	89.5 / 68.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	18.4^r	0^l	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	6.7	6.2^s	6.2^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	27.3	75.4	81.2^b
Threatened species (number)	93	99	108^d
Forested area (% of land area)	33.3	33.3	33.3^p
CO2 emission estimates^k (million tons/tons per capita)	~0.0 / 0.8	~0.0 / 0.9	~0.0 / 0.9^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^p
Energy supply per capita^k (Gigajoules)	11	12	12^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2	1	~0^b
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	10.5 / 5.4	10.5 / 5.4	10.5 / 5.4^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	36.3 / 47.4	35.1 / 43.6	34.7 / 42.1^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	88.66	58.98	42.87^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2018
d		2023
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Includes electricity, gas and water.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		2011
k		Estimate.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Refers to foreign citizens.
p		2021
q		2014
r		2012
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.