Tuvalu: Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$)

Key figures

Since 1983 it is up 269.22% from US$30,000 in 1983 (3.32% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Tuvalu's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) rose 53% on 2022 (from US$72,398 to US$110,767).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2022), the average change was +40.4% and a typical year strayed about 149.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 500% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 94.1% in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Tuvalu had the 122nd highest value of the 134 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.

Closest to Tuvalu in the 2023 ranking

• Equatorial Guinea — 118th of 134: US$114,922
• Kiribati — 119th of 134: US$114,761
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 120th of 134: US$112,171
• Mauritius — 122nd of 134: US$109,326
• Tajikistan — 123rd of 134: US$108,440
• Kazakhstan — 124th of 134: US$105,758

What this measures

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors are the net disbursements of official development assistance (ODA) or official aid from the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

Limitations: Data exclude DAC members’ multilateral aid (contributions to the regular budgets of the multilateral institutions). However, projects executed by multilateral institutions or nongovernmental organizations on behalf of DAC members are classified as bilateral aid (since the donor country effectively controls the use of the funds) and are included in the data. Aid to unspecified economies is included in regional totals and, when possible, income group totals. Aid not allocated by country or region - including administrative costs, research on development, and aid to nongovernmental organizations - is included in the world total.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 21 values

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) in nearby economies

• Cambodia — US$3.35 million (2023)
• China — −US$11.55 million (2023)
• Fiji — US$492,000 (2023)
• Indonesia — US$69.05 million (2023)
• Kiribati — US$114,761 (2023)
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — US$1.27 million (2021)
• Lao PDR — US$569,498 (2023)
• Malaysia — US$1.53 million (2023)
• Marshall Islands

More economic policy & debt data for Tuvalu

• GDP (current US$) — US$57.35 million (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 89 million (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$42.97 million (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 62 million (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$6,041 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 9,376 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$4,527 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 6,532 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$93.35 million (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 144.89 million (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 15,264 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Tuvalu's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$)?

US$110,767 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is up 269.22% from US$30,000 in 1983 (3.32% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$480,000 in 2011 and the lowest US$10,000 in 1997.

How does Tuvalu rank?

122nd highest of 134 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) unusual for Tuvalu?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DC.DAC.CANL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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