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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2025)		10^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		316.4^a
Capital city		Funafuti
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		7^c
UN membership date		5 September 2000
Surface area (km2)		26^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		104.9^a
National currency		Australian Dollar (AUD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.6^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	36	52	68^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	10.4	-4.2	3.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 301.0	4 977.0	6 880.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	13.9	9.1^f	9.2^f,b
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	12.4^g	15.5^h	14.9^h,b
Economy: Services and other activity^e (% of GVA)	73.7	75.4ⁱ	75.9^i,b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100^j	...	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	113	112^b
International trade: exports^k (million current US$)	3	8	6^d
International trade: imports^k (million current US$)	44	33	73^d
International trade: balance^k (million current US$)	-41	-25	-67^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-12	8	20^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.2	-1.8	-1.5^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	3.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	68.9 / 62.1	70.0 / 63.1	71.0 / 64.1^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	31.9 / 8.7	31.7 / 9.6	33.0 / 11.5^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	0.2 / 2.1	0.2 / 2.3	0.2 / 2.6^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	26	21.8	18.9^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	13.4	18.6	18.4^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.9^q	1.3	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	112.0 / 108.9	104.6 / 97.7	110.1 / 109.9^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	94.8 / 81.6	88.2 / 90.3	123.5 / 110.4^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	68.2 / 41.0^q	68.8 / 57.0	90.8 / 59.3^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	18.3^r	0^l	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	6.7	6.2^s	0^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	27.3	61	74.3^b
Threatened species (number)	93	99	192^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 / 1.0^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^k,p
Energy supply per capita^k (Gigajoules)	11	13	14^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2	1	~0^p
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	10.5 / 5.4	10.5 / 5.4	10.5 / 5.4^p
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	36.3 / 47.4	35.1 / 43.6	34.7 / 42.1^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	87.1	61.51	81.42^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2024
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Inc. electricity, gas and water.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. 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		2022
q		2014
r		2012
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.