Tuvalu's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$7.6 million in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 406.67% from US$1.5 million in 2009 (17.62% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$7.6 million | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | US$3.5 million | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.5 million | 2009 |
| Highest | US$7.6 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$600,000 | 2001 |
| Average since 2010 | US$4.31 million | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | US$600,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Tuvalu's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) rose 31% on 2018 (from US$5.8 million to US$7.6 million).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2018), the average change was +16.3% and a typical year strayed about 22.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above 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 60% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.1% in 2009. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$541,212 a year. A straight line explains 92% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about US$8.07 million for 2022. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2017 to 2019 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$1.06 million, against US$1.83 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2019, Tuvalu had the 12th highest value of the 11 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$7.6 million | 2019 |
| World | US$1.47 trillion | 2019 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$390.16 billion | 2019 |
| Upper middle income | US$289.87 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Tuvalu in the 2019 ranking
- Niger — 8th of 11: US$116 million
- Sierra Leone — 9th of 11: US$43 million
- Guinea-Bissau — 10th of 11: US$18.9 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 19 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 7,600,000 |
| 2018 | 5,800,000 |
| 2017 | 5,600,000 |
| 2016 | 4,500,000 |
| 2015 | 5,000,000 |
| 2014 | 3,500,000 |
| 2013 | 3,600,000 |
| 2012 | 2,700,000 |
| 2011 | 2,400,000 |
| 2010 | 2,400,000 |
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$25.67 billion (2020)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$38 million (2020)
- Cambodia — US$1.02 billion (2020)
- China — US$14.23 billion (2020)
- Fiji — US$151 million (2020)
- French Polynesia — US$642 million (2018)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$2.84 billion (2020)
- Indonesia — US$3.31 billion (2020)
- Japan
More private sector & trade data for Tuvalu
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 47.08% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$27 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$0 (2025)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 3,600 (2019)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 92.75% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.96% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 6.29% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tuvalu's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$7.6 million in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 1,167% from US$600,000 in 2001 (15.15% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$7.6 million in 2019 and the lowest US$600,000 in 2001.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.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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