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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2021)		12^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		397.5^a
Capital city		Funafuti
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		7^c
UN membership date		05-Sep-00
Surface area (km2)		26^b
National currency		Australian Dollar (AUD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.3^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	31	35	47^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-3.3	9.2	6.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 981.5	3 156.9	4 036.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	27.3	21.4	21.4^b
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	5.7	12.7	13.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	67	65.9	65.2^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.5^f	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	47.9 / 69.6^f	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	101^g	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	95	100	103^b
International trade: exports^h (million current US$)	~0	~0	1^d
International trade: imports^h (million current US$)	12	12	12^d
International trade: balance^h (million current US$)	-12	-12	-12^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-14	-26	-9^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	1	1.1	1.2^d
Urban population (% of total population)	54.8	59.7	63.2^b
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	2.9	2.6	...
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	0.2 / 2.1	0.2 / 2.1	0.2 / 2.0^d
Health: Current expenditure^k (% of GDP)	16.4	16.7	19^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.2^l	0.9^m	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.4 / 112.6ⁿ	97.8 / 101.7	104.1 / 113.3^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	90.9 / 75.2	47.2 / 35.4^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	71.6 / 42.1^m	62.4 / 39.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	9.5	18.6^o	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	6.7	6.3^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	25	42.7	49.3^q
Threatened species (number)	85	93	102
Forested area (% of land area)	33.3	33.3	33.3^c
Energy production, primary^h (Petajoules)	...	0	0^c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13	10^h	12^h,c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2	2	3^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	49.7 / ...	50.0 / ...	50.0 / ...^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	5.3 / 7.1	5.3 / 7.5	5.3 / 7.5^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	27.27	88.66	56.13^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Includes Electricity, gas and water supply.
f		2005
g		2011
h		Estimate.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		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.
l		2009
m		2014
n		2006
o		2012
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		2017