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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Tuvalu: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Tuvalu is placed 106th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 67.1 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 19.17 (2024).
Share
Health & Wellbeing
106th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
- 67.1Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 19.17Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 5.676Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Tuvalu on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
67.1
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Tuvalu: 67.1. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Polynesia
- 84.07 French Polynesia
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
19.17
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Tuvalu: 19.17. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Polynesia
- 9.513 Tonga
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Tuvalu’s is from 2019 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
5.676
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Tuvalu: 5.676. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Polynesia
- 2.177 Tonga
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Tuvalu, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Polynesia
- 4.5 Samoa
02Over time
Which way Tuvalu is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
TuvaluWorld median
Tuvalu rose from 63.54 in 2000 to 67.1 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Tuvalu World median 2023 67.1 74.630 2022 66.9 74.313 2021 65.8 72.433 2020 66.4 73.063 2019 66.1 74.196 2018 65.9 74.081 2017 65.7 74.029 2016 65.5 74.013 2015 65.4 73.783 2014 65.3 73.330 2013 65.2 73.386 2012 65.1 73.210 2011 65.0 73.003 2010 64.8 72.827 2009 64.7 72.426 2008 64.5 72.264 2007 64.4 72.113 2006 64.2 72.027 2005 64.1 71.876 2004 64.0 71.477 2003 63.9 71.409 2002 63.8 71.173 2001 63.7 70.926 2000 63.5 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
TuvaluWorld median
Tuvalu fell from 42.82 in 2000 to 19.17 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Tuvalu World median 2024 19.2 14.5 2023 19.8 15.2 2022 20.5 14.7 2021 21.2 15.1 2020 21.9 15.3 2019 22.7 15.7 2018 23.5 16.3 2017 24.3 16.8 2016 25.2 17.5 2015 26.0 17.9 2014 26.9 18.3 2013 28.0 18.7 2012 29.0 18.8 2011 30.2 19.0 2010 31.4 19.2 2009 32.8 20.8 2008 34.2 20.7 2007 35.6 21.8 2006 36.9 22.8 2005 38.1 24.0 2004 39.1 25.9 2003 40.0 26.9 2002 40.8 28.0 2001 41.8 29.1 2000 42.8 30.4
03In context
Tuvalu beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Tuvalu and Polynesia
Tuvalu has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tonga | 64th | 72.89 | 9.513 | 2.177 | — |
 Samoa | 95th | 71.7 | 14.86 | 7.293 | 4.5 |
 Cook Islands | 98th | 75.28 | 13.34 | — | — |
| Tuvalu | 106th | 67.1 | 19.17 | 5.676 | — |
 Niue | 142nd | 69.98 | 23.79 | — | — |
 American Samoa | not placed | 72.85 | — | — | — |
 French Polynesia | not placed | 84.07 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Polynesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Tuvalu in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Tuvalu is ahead of the world, and behind
38 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median15
Statistics on which Tuvalu does better than the middle country measured.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919991▲ Improved since 2015
Tuvalu: 99 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.454.414.45No real change since 2013
Tuvalu: 4.4 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 205th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Tuvalu: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.996.582.9No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 96.5 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 21st of 109 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909790▲ Improved since 2015
Tuvalu: 97 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0080.039No real change since 2022
Tuvalu: 0.008 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 81st of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.83111.9384.83▲ Improved since 2019
Tuvalu: 111.93 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.54.0735.5▲ Improved since 2014
Tuvalu: 4.073 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 118th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.57865.5▲ Improved since 2021
Tuvalu: 78 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 413541▼ Worsened since 2020
Tuvalu: 35 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5462.7663.546No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 2.766 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 104th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.596.9No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 98.5 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2613.9921.26No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 13.99 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 70th of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.545.741.5No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 45.7 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 53rd of 127 · derived.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7443.840.74No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 43.8 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 60th of 136 · derived.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Tuvalu does worse than the middle country measured.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4627.5127.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Tuvalu: 27.51 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 111th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1348.6928.134▲ Improved since 2014
Tuvalu: 8.692 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 96th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1638.7098.163▲ Improved since 2013
Tuvalu: 8.709 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 92nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5729.2937.57No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 29.29 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 66th of 115 · derived.
Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.879.775.8No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 79.7 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.
Position 39th of 90 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2616.512.26▲ Improved since 2014
Tuvalu: 16.5 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 77th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6972.42102.69▲ Improved since 2019
Tuvalu: 72.42 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8584.192.858▲ Improved since 2014
Tuvalu: 4.19 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 73rd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.6890.762No real change since 2013
Tuvalu: 0.689 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 129th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.4480.564▼ Worsened since 2017
Tuvalu: 0.448 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 128th of 172 · derived.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65169.7146.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Tuvalu: 169.71 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 46th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9539.1552.95No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 39.15 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 107th of 136 · derived.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8160.381No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 60.3 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 121st of 153 · derived.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3913.5916.39No real change since 2013
Tuvalu: 13.59 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 187th of 222 · derived.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2545.371.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Tuvalu: 45.3 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 169th of 196 · derived.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7255.22133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Tuvalu: 255.22 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 17th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end7
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1755.9216.17Moved since 2019
Tuvalu: 55.92 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8385.2257.83Moved since 2019
Tuvalu: 85.22 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6520.220.65No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 20.2 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Children with Functional DifficultiesUNICEF · 2024 · world median 1312.813No earlier reading
Tuvalu: 12.8 · world median 13 · Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.9 to 35.2.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.841.73Moved since 2014
Tuvalu: 0.84 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 127th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.417.635.4Moved since 2013
Tuvalu: 17.6 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2519.641.25Moved since 2013
Tuvalu: 19.6 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
No current reading for Tuvalu
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2020), Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Gender Inequality Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Tuvalu’s 7 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Tuvalu’s 4th best-placed topic of 7. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Democracy & Civil Liberties19th of 1982/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge30th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience77th of 1933/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing106th of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital155th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions172nd of 1942/4 keys
- Digital & Technology191st of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Mobility & Trade, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Tuvalu can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Oceania
Australia38th3/4 keysHighest in Polynesia
Tonga64th3/4 keysThis page
Tuvalu106th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Tuvalu and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Tuvalu on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Tuvalu rank on health & wellbeing?
Tuvalu is placed 106th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Tuvalu?
67.1 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Tuvalu?
19.17 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Tuvalu’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 63.54 in 2000 to 67.1 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 42.82 in 2000 to 19.17 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Tuvalu?
No current reading is published for Tuvalu on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Gender Inequality Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 38 statistics on this page come from 12 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Tuvalu’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Tuvalu (banner) — mrlins derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nations Inquiry (2026). Tuvalu: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/tuvalu/health