Tuvalu, year by year

Every index this site holds for Tuvalu, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.566 in 1990 to 0.689 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 67.3 years2024at birthUp 3.2 years from 64.1 years in 2005
Urban population: 65%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 15 points from 51% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.172024births per womanDown 0.38 from 3.55 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 5%2022of energy usedUp 5 points from 0% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 5 points from 96% in 2005
Infant mortality: 172024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 16 from 32 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 33%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.566	61.6	—	—	3.75	0.0	—	45	0.0	33.3	—	—
1991	0.570	61.8	—	40.6	3.79	0.0	—	45	0.0	33.3	—	—
1992	0.566	60.3	—	41.3	3.86	0.0	—	44	0.0	33.3	—	—
1993	0.579	62.1	—	42.0	3.92	0.0	—	43	0.0	33.3	—	—
1994	0.586	62.3	—	42.5	3.92	0.0	—	43	0.0	33.3	—	—
1995	0.587	62.5	—	43.1	3.96	0.0	—	42	0.0	33.3	—	—
1996	0.587	62.7	—	43.5	3.95	0.0	—	41	0.0	33.3	—	—
1997	0.595	62.9	—	44.0	3.95	0.0	—	40	0.0	33.3	—	—
1998	0.605	63.2	—	44.5	3.95	0.0	—	38	0.0	33.3	—	—
1999	0.608	63.4	—	45.0	3.92	0.0	—	37	0.0	33.3	—	—
2000	0.610	63.5	5.2	45.5	3.84	0.0	95	36	0.0	33.3	—	—
2001	0.613	63.7	5.7	46.1	3.75	0.0	95	35	0.0	33.3	—	—
2002	0.621	63.8	6.3	46.7	3.64	0.0	95	35	0.0	33.3	—	—
2003	0.621	63.9	6.9	47.5	3.58	0.0	95	34	0.0	33.3	—	—
2004	0.621	64.0	7.6	48.4	3.55	0.0	95	33	0.0	33.3	—	—
2005	0.621	64.1	8.3	49.4	3.55	0.0	96	32	0.0	33.3	—	—
2006	0.625	64.3	9.1	50.5	3.53	0.0	96	31	0.0	33.3	2414	2814
2007	0.630	64.4	10.0	51.7	3.45	0.0	97	30	0.0	33.3	2804	3051
2008	0.636	64.5	11.2	52.8	3.42	0.2	96	29	0.0	33.3	3062	3270
2009	0.635	64.7	12.8	54.0	3.43	0.2	97	28	0.0	33.3	2662	3064
2010	0.636	64.8	14.6	55.0	3.44	0.4	97	27	0.0	33.3	3055	2981
2011	0.641	65.0	16.5	56.0	3.46	0.2	97	26	0.0	33.3	3680	3221
2012	0.642	65.1	18.7	56.9	3.47	0.3	98	25	0.0	33.3	3559	3142
2013	0.647	65.2	21.2	57.6	3.39	0.7	98	24	0.0	33.3	3524	3297
2014	0.650	65.3	24.1	58.3	3.33	0.7	98	23	0.0	33.3	3518	3416
2015	0.658	65.4	27.3	58.9	3.31	3.0	98	22	0.0	33.3	3353	3778
2016	0.664	65.5	31.0	59.5	3.30	7.3	97	22	0.0	33.3	3779	4008
2017	0.668	65.7	35.2	60.0	3.30	7.0	99	21	0.0	33.3	4167	4237
2018	0.672	65.9	—	60.6	3.33	6.4	99	20	0.0	33.3	4467	4442
2019	0.681	66.1	—	61.2	3.33	6.3	100	19	0.0	33.3	5059	5205
2020	0.681	66.4	—	61.9	3.31	5.0	99	19	0.0	33.3	5030	5205
2021	0.681	65.8	—	62.6	3.28	5.0	100	18	0.0	33.3	6043	5552
2022	0.686	66.8	—	63.3	3.24	5.2	100	18	0.0	33.3	5415	5403
2023	0.689	67.1	—	64.0	3.21	—	100	17	0.0	33.3	5144	5904
2024	—	67.3	—	64.7	3.17	—	100	17	0.0	—	5884	6366
2025	—	—	—	65.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	6041	6759
On the profile	0.689	67.3	—	65.4	3.17	5.2	—	—	0.0	33.3	6041	6759

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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