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EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE IN TUVALU
Education Expenditures: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Literacy: total population: NA; male: NA; female: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Youth Unemployment Rate (ages 15-24): total: 20.6 percent; male: 9.8 percent; female: 45.9 percent (2016); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 79
Health Expenditures: 21.5 percent of GDP (2020). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Doctors: 1.19 physicians per 1,000 people (2020). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Sanitation Access: improved: urban: 91.8 percent of population; rural: 91 percent of population; total: 91.5 percent of population; unimproved: urban: 9.2 percent of population; rural: 9 percent of population; total: 8.5 percent of population (2017 estimate). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Energy in Tuvalu
Energy Consumption Per Capita: 0 Btu/person (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 208. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: emissions 218. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Access to Electricity: electrification: total population: 99.6 percent (2021); electrification: urban areas: 100 percent (2021); electrification: rural areas: 99 percent (2021)
Coal: production: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
consumption: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
exports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
imports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
Refined petroleum products: production
0 bbl/day (2014 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 135.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Refined Petroleum Products: Exports: 0 bbl/day; ranking compared to other countries in the world: 196. Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Natural Gas: production: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Communications in Tuvalu
Telephones: Fixed Lines: total subscriptions: 2,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 216. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Mobile Telephones: total subscriptions: 9,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 80 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 220. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Telecommunication Systems: general assessment: provides fixed-line telephone communications to subscribers on each of the islands of Tuvalu; each island relies on the use of a satellite dish for inter-island telephone communication, internet access, and mobile phone services (2023). Domestic: fixed-line teledensity is 18 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 80 per 100 (2021). International: country code: 688; international calls can be made by satellite. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Broadcast Media: no TV stations; many households use satellite dishes to watch foreign TV stations; 1 government-owned radio station, Radio Tuvalu, includes relays of programming from international broadcasters (2019). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Internet Users: total: 7,920 (2021 estimate); Percent of the Population: 49 percent (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 219; Broadband: Fixed Subscriptions: total: 450 (2017 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 211. Internet Country Code: .tv [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Transportation in Tuvalu
Roads: total: 8 kilometers (2011); paved: 8 kilometers (2011); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 223. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Water Transport: Merchant Marine: total: 260; By Type: bulk carrier 23, container ship 3, general cargo 39, oil tanker 24, other 171 (2022); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 60; Ports and Terminals: major seaport(s): Funafuti Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: T2. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Airports: 1 (2021); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 213; Airports with Unpaved Runways: 1. Unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
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Text Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2023; “Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 2: Oceania,” edited by Terence E. Hays, 1991, Wikipedia, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times of London, Lonely Planet Guides, Library of Congress, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian magazine, The New Yorker, Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, and various books, websites and other publications.
Last updated August 2023