Tuvalu
Tuvalu is a country in Polynesia, covered by the Atlas as part of Southeast Asia & Oceania. It is home to about 12 k people. Its Human Development Index of 0.689 ranks it 129 of 193 countries (2023).
- Population in extreme poverty
- 9.0 %
- Ranked 111 of 171 · 2010
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform - Share of population using the internet
- 35.2 %
- Ranked 174 of 212 · 2017
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Regional profile
Southeast Asia & Oceania
Tuvalu is part of Southeast Asia & Oceania. Our editors write about the region as a whole — its story, topics and sources below cover all its countries.
View the whole region →An archipelagic world of trade routes, hedging diplomacy and climate exposure. Southeast Asia is growing fast and industrialising as supply chains diversify out of China, while the Pacific island states negotiate their sovereignty between great powers and rising seas. Australia and New Zealand anchor the region's wealthy, resource-heavy south.
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