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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2020)		12
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		383.3
Capital city		Funafuti
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		7^c
UN membership date		05-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^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	31	35	46^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-3.3	9.2	7^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 981.5	3 156.9	4 000.6^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	27.3	21.4	21.9^c
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	5.7	12.7	12.5^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	75.5	72.8	69.9^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.5^f	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	47.9 / 69.6^f	... / ...	... / ...
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	104	110	111^b
International trade: exports^g (million current US$)	~0	~0	~0^d
International trade: imports^g (million current US$)	12	12	12^d
International trade: balance^g (million current US$)	-12	-12	-12^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-14	7^h	...

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1ⁱ	0.9ⁱ	0.9
Urban population (% of total population)	54.8	59.7	63.2^d
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	2.9	2.6	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	...	3.6^j,k	...
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	71.9 / 67.4	... / ...	... / ...
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	... / ...	... / ...	31.1 / 9.9^b
International migrant stock^l (000/% of total pop.)	0.2 / 2.1	0.2 / 2.1	0.2 / 2.0^d
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)	10.3	...	...
Health: Current expenditure^m (% of GDP)	16.4	16.7	17.1^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.4 / 112.6ⁿ	97.8 / 101.7	82.5 / 89.4^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	90.9 / 75.2	71.2 / 62.5^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	9.5	18.6^k	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	6.7	6.2^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet^g (per 100 inhabitants)	25	42.7	49.3^a
Threatened species (number)	85	93	99
Forested area^g (% of land area)	33.3	33.3	33.3^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	...	0	0^g,a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	12	13^g	13^g,a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2	2	3^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	49.5 / ...	49.8 / ...	49.8 / ...^a
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	4.7 / 7.8	4.2 / 9.7	4.2 / 9.7^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	27.27	88.66	31.55^c

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2016
c		2018
d		2019
e		Includes electricity, gas and water.
f		2005
g		Estimate.
h		2013
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Break in the time series.
k		2012
l		Refers to foreign citizens.
m		General government expenditure (GGE) can be larger than the Gross domestic product (GDP) because government accounts for a very large part of domestic consumption and because a large part of domestic consumption in the country is accounted for by imports.
n		2006
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.