Tuvalu
Government debt in Tuvalu
Government debt in Tuvalu: 37.4% of GDP in 2005 and 2.8% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.8% of GDP
- Since 2005
- −34.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 148 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 2.9% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.9% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 37.5% of GDP in 2006, the lowest 2.8% of GDP in 2025.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2021 | 10.7 |
| 2020 | 11.5 |
| 2019 | 11.3 |
| 2018 | 11.7 |
| 2017 | 11.9 |
| 2016 | 11.5 |
| 2015 | 14.4 |
| 2014 | 16.4 |
| 2013 | 17.8 |
| 2012 | 19.3 |
| 2011 | 19.1 |
| 2010 | 21.1 |
| 2009 | 20.6 |
| 2008 | 19.8 |
| 2007 | 32.4 |
| 2006 | 37.5 |
| 2005 | 37.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.5 |
| 2027 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 2.7 |
| 2029 | 2.7 |
| 2030 | 2.8 |
| 2031 | 2.9 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Tuvalu in numbers
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