Distillers Country guides / Tuvalu
Tuvalu
A one-page guide to Tuvalu for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Official languages
- Tuvaluan, English
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD) alongside the Tuvaluan dollar
- Time zone
- UTC+12
- Area
- 26 km²
People
- Population
- 10,000 (2025)
- Population growth
- -1.6% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 65.4%
- Aged under 15
- 33.0%
- Aged 65 and over
- 7.0%
- Life expectancy
- 67.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$70.0 million (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$7,125 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 5.2% (2025)
- Inflation
- 2.9% (2025)
Climate
Tropical (Funafuti): daily highs about 30-31 C and lows about 25-26 C all year. Wet season November-April with westerly gales, drier May-October.
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Tuvalu (basics, climate); IMF DataMapper WEO (GDP, population, growth, inflation; retrieved 26 Oct 2026); UN Comtrade (HS 2208); WHO Global Health Observatory; Wikipedia - Legal drinking age. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.