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
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
27 September 2010: The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) has announced it will fund the “Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region” programme. GTZ allocated an additional EUR 10 million to the existing South Pacific Community (SPC)/GTZ Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region programme, which brings the total financing to EUR 14.2 million and supports the programme until 2015. According to SPC, the additional funds will allow extension of...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2010: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that four of its member States have recently signed agreements concluded under the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). SPREP announced that Palau and Vanuatu have become the final two Pacific dugong range States to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range (Dugong MOU). SPREP thus confirms that all SPREP members...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
6 October 2010: The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) met on 6 October 2010, in New York, US, to continue and conclude its general debate, addressing, inter alia: support to small island developing States (SIDS); climate change issues; the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); disasters, and international governance. A number of speakers addressed issues pertaining to support to small island developing States (SIDS). Egypt expressed his commitment to...
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