Tuvalu

GDP growth in Tuvalu

GDP growth in Tuvalu: -0.4% a year in 2001 and 5.2% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
5.2% a year
Since 2001
+5.6 percentage points
Rank, 2025
28 of 143
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
1.6% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

GDP growth in TuvaluGDP growth in Tuvalu: -0.4% a year in 2001 and 5.2% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1.6% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1.6% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 10.7% a year in 2019, the lowest -15.8% a year in 2022.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearTuvalu
20255.2
20248.6
2023-0.9
2022-15.8
20211
20202
201910.7
20184.6
20176.6
20165.7
20159.7
20141.7
20133.8
2012-3.4
20118.2
2010-3.6
2009-5
20087
20076.7
20061.3
2005-5.2
2004-1.3
2003-4.7
20029.1
2001-0.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearTuvalu
20263.4
20272.8
20282.3
20292
20301.8
20311.6

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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