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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2019)		12
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		388.2
Capital city		Funafuti
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		7^c
UN membership date		5-Sep-00
Surface area (km2)		26^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102^b
National currency		Australian Dollar (AUD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.4^c

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	22	31	44^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	-4.1	-3.3	5.9^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 162.1	2 981.3	3 923.6^a
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	22.2	27.3	20^a
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	8.3	5.7^d	17.8^d,a
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	69.4	67	62.2^a
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.5	...	...
Labour force participation (female/male pop. %)	47.9 / 69.6	... / ...	... / ...
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	100	104	111^b
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	~0	~0^e	~0^e,c
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	13	12^e	12^e,c
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	-13	-12	-12^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-4	-14	7^f

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	1.2	1	0.9^h
Urban population (% of total population)	49.7	54.8	63.2
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	2.8	2.9	2.6^h
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3.7ⁱ	...	3.6^j,k
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	... / ...	71.9 / 67.4	... / ...
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	36.2 / 8.6ⁱ	... / ...	31.1 / 9.9^b
International migrant stock^l (000/% of total pop.)	0.2 / 1.8	0.2 / 1.5	0.1 / 1.3^a
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)	...	10.3	...
Health: Current expenditure^m (% of GDP)	11.3	15.7	15.5^b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1ⁿ	1.2^o	0.9^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^e (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.6 / 101.4	97.6 / 102.4^q	104.7 / 108.3^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	74.1 / 67.4^e,r	... / ...	95.8 / 76.4^e,b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0	9.5	18.6^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	0	6.7

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	5.2^s	25^e	49.3^e,a
Threatened species (number)	8^s	85	98
Forested area (% of land area)	33.3	33.3	33.3^e,b
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	~0.0 / ...	~0.0 / ...	~0.0 / ...^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	...	...	0^e,b
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13^e	12	13^e,b
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1	2	2^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	24.38	27.27	44.94^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2016
c		2018
d		Includes Electricity, gas and water supply.
e		Estimate.
f		2013
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		2015
i		2002
j		Break in the time series.
k		2012
l		Refers to foreign citizens.
m		Data revision.
n		2003
o		2009
p		2014
q		2006
r		2001
s		2004