Tuvalu — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Tuvalu, 1970–2025.
GDP for Tuvalu was 57.35 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.60 million in 2021. The lowest was 2.59 million in 1970 (about 22.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.80% per year.
Tuvalu ranks 212 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Tuvalu sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 56%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 36 of 36 economies; Naoero (176.04 million) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 40% in 1988. That is 13% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1988; grown tenfold by 2007. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 146th of 146 in 1970 → 163rd of 163 in 1980 → 192nd of 192 in 1990 → 204th of 204 in 2000 → 212th of 212 in 2010 → 210th of 210 in 2020 → 186th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57,345,434.72 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 56,752,265.8 | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 50,491,930.92 | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 54,104,146.32 | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 61,597,447.16 | +17.8% |
| 2020 | 52,302,514.99 | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 53,527,720.06 | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 48,026,990.19 | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 45,288,858.16 | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 41,306,141.63 | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 36,755,290.78 | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 38,643,167.3 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 38,767,554.54 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 38,912,985.18 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 39,665,361.13 | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 32,425,361.81 | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 27,851,666.17 | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 31,602,915 | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 28,547,819.71 | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 24,274,966.43 | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 22,846,519.17 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 22,878,877.91 | +16.8% |
| 2003 | 19,584,879.57 | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 16,639,799.89 | +17.7% |
| 2001 | 14,139,705.25 | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 14,881,202.58 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 14,800,503.26 | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 13,795,146.21 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 13,734,210.1 | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 13,338,597.33 | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 11,922,614.2 | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 11,772,610.66 | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 10,414,399.96 | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 10,535,028.14 | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 10,127,313.91 | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 9,542,900.9 | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 8,454,523.25 | +20.6% |
| 1988 | 7,011,059.37 | +39.6% |
| 1987 | 5,020,513.5 | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 4,574,706.21 | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 3,862,851.88 | -13.8% |
| 1984 | 4,481,977.9 | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 4,152,550.3 | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 4,118,945.16 | -13.7% |
| 1981 | 4,773,017.53 | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 4,206,128.13 | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 4,065,659.43 | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 3,798,781.86 | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 3,669,419.59 | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 3,919,072.23 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 4,014,748.05 | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 4,122,328.67 | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 3,411,915.44 | +14.9% |
| 1972 | 2,968,457.94 | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 2,716,989.58 | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 2,585,955.87 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tuvalu’s GDP in 1971?
2,716,989.58 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Tuvalu’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Tuvalu’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2117.6% in total — about 5.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 57,345,434.72; 2024: 56,752,265.8; 2023: 50,491,930.92; 2022: 54,104,146.32; 2021: 61,597,447.16. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.