Tuvalu's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$6.3 million in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged at from US$6.3 million in 2009.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$6.3 million | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | US$5.1 million | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | US$6.3 million | 2009 |
| Highest | US$9.65 million | 2011 |
| Lowest | US$3.3 million | 2002 |
| Average since 2010 | US$7.02 million | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | US$3.6 million |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Tuvalu's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 11.3% on 2018 (from US$7.1 million to US$6.3 million).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2018), the average change was +6.5% and a typical year strayed about 20.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30.4% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.6% in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Tuvalu had the 12th highest value of the 13 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | US$6.3 million | 2019 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$495.58 billion | 2019 |
| Upper middle income | US$417.2 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Tuvalu in the 2019 ranking
- Guinea-Bissau — 9th of 13: US$87.1 million
- Sierra Leone — 10th of 13: US$77 million
- Togo — 11th of 13: US$43 million
- Liberia — 13th of 13: US$5.7 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 19 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 6,300,000 |
| 2018 | 7,100,000 |
| 2017 | 6,300,000 |
| 2016 | 7,800,000 |
| 2015 | 6,400,000 |
| 2014 | 5,100,000 |
| 2013 | 4,600,000 |
| 2012 | 9,500,000 |
| 2011 | 9,650,000 |
| 2010 | 7,400,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$6.49 billion (2020)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$97 million (2020)
- Cambodia — US$169 million (2020)
- China — US$130.5 billion (2020)
- Fiji — US$75 million (2020)
- French Polynesia — US$177 million (2018)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$5.52 billion (2020)
- Indonesia — US$1.65 billion (2020)
- Japan
More private sector & trade data for Tuvalu
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 47.08% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$27 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$0 (2025)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 3,600 (2019)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 92.75% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.96% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 6.29% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tuvalu's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$6.3 million in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 75% from US$3.6 million in 2001 (3.16% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$9.65 million in 2011 and the lowest US$3.3 million in 2002.
- How does Tuvalu rank?
- 12th highest of 13 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Tuvalu?
- In 2019, Tuvalu's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 11.3% on 2018 (from US$7.1 million to US$6.3 million). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2018), the average change was +6.5% and a typical year strayed about 20.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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