Tuvalu

Location

Funafuti
Tuvalu
8° 31' 0.012" S, 179° 13' 1.2" E
Capital City: 
Funafuti (Fongafale)
Languages: 
Tuvaluan, English
Category: Land
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha) 2 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 FAO
Forest area (sq km) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 World Bank
Forest area (% of land area) 33.33 33.33 33.33 33.33 33.33 33.33 33.33 33.33 World Bank
Category: Demographics
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Country population 10,441 World Bank
Population annual growth World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) World Bank
Category: Social
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) World Bank
Category: Indices
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
HDI - Human Development Index UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).
Category: Economy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) World Bank
Category: Energy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Electric power consumption (kWh) World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent) World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) World Bank
Category: Freshwater
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Improved water source (% of population with access) 94 96 97 World Bank
Category: Biodiversity
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies: 
Title Programme Name Programme Description Year
Energy Strategy - Tuvalu Pacific Regional Energy Assessment 2004: Tuvalu 2004
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Tuvalu Initial national communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Strategy Description 1999
NAPA - Tuvalu Tuvalu’s National Adaptation Programme of Action Strategy Description 2007
NBSAP - Tuvalu Tuvalu National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan: Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity Strategy Description 2009
NSDS - Tuvalu National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2005-2015 Strategy Description 2005
18 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project, jointly funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), is making gender a key consideration in its efforts to build resilience to climate change in Pacific island countries. According to SPREP, when national adaptation activities are designed, gender-sensitive criteria...
13 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
26 February 2013: Representatives of Pacific island states called for regional solidarity in addressing climate challenges at a one-day consultation on post-2015 development, held in Dili, Timor-Leste, on 26 February 2013. The consultation took place immediately before the International Development for All Conference in Dili, and was hosted by the Government of Timor-Leste and supported by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), involving delegates, heads of...
25 Feb 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
18 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that the Government of Denmark has provided US$4 million for the development of clean and sustainable energy in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Palau, the Marshall Islands (RMI), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The finance has been provided through the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) DOCK mechanism. According to SPC, proposals from Pacific SIDS, to SIDS DOCK include: improving the...
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