Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 7,251 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Tuvalu, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 7,251 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 111.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Tuvalu peaked at 7,251 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 436.91 USD, in 1985.
That places Tuvalu 123rd out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 456.5 USD | — |
| 1971 | 483.35 USD | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 531.97 USD | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 665.38 USD | +25.1% |
| 1974 | 689.37 USD | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 629.08 USD | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 592.97 USD | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 530.44 USD | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 553.84 USD | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 556.63 USD | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 583.3 USD | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 627.4 USD | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 493.97 USD | -21.3% |
| 1983 | 512.96 USD | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 549.39 USD | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 436.91 USD | -20.5% |
| 1986 | 531.84 USD | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 634.36 USD | +19.3% |
| 1988 | 883.49 USD | +39.3% |
| 1989 | 947.46 USD | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 1,084 USD | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 1,136 USD | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 1,185 USD | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,050 USD | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 1,241 USD | +18.2% |
| 1995 | 1,268 USD | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 1,337 USD | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 1,425 USD | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 1,374 USD | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 1,451 USD | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 1,450 USD | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,385 USD | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 1,614 USD | +16.5% |
| 2003 | 1,893 USD | +17.3% |
| 2004 | 2,203 USD | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 2,181 USD | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 2,277 USD | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 2,653 USD | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 2,907 USD | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 2,574 USD | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 2,958 USD | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 3,549 USD | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 3,402 USD | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 3,410 USD | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,422 USD | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,301 USD | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 3,775 USD | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 4,167 USD | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 4,469 USD | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 5,118 USD | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 4,976 USD | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 6,124 USD | +23.1% |
| 2022 | 6,359 USD | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 6,880 USD | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 7,251 USD | +5.4% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 7,251 USD is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,969 USD, 91% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 7,251 USD is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,462 USD, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 568.95 USD | 456.5 USD | 689.37 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 620.11 USD | 436.91 USD | 947.46 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,255 USD | 1,050 USD | 1,451 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,114 USD | 1,385 USD | 2,907 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,757 USD | 2,958 USD | 5,118 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,318 USD | 4,976 USD | 7,251 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
More economy & growth data for Tuvalu
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.93 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0829 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 501.07 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0616 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0606 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 365.88 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0452 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Tuvalu?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Tuvalu was 7,251 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 7,251 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 436.91 USD in 1985.
- How does Tuvalu rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Tuvalu ranks 123rd out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).