Social Development in Tuvalu 71 indicators covering social development for Tuvalu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 2025 — 193rd Political Rights Rating 1 2025 unchanged 153rd Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 11th Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 2025 unchanged 153rd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person 2025 — 193rd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 2025 — 193rd Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 % change on previous year 2004 — 122nd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 — 193rd Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.0333 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 3rd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per square kilometre 2023 — 184th Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Physical Integrity Rights Score 4.37 2019 up 0.9% 8th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 10 2025 up 100.0% 189th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0011 units per person 2025 up 130.4% 60th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 35.7% 66th Political Rights Score 37 2025 unchanged 34th Freedom Score 93 2025 down 1.1% 25th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 — 177th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.1667 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 46th LGBT+ Rights Index 0.7147 2019 up 350.5% 116th Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 48 years 2025 up 26.3% 44th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 down 100.0% 201st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 down 100.0% 178th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 down 100.0% 176th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0 2024 — 55th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 0.0% 2017 — 177th Homicide rate 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 — 173rd Homicides 0 homicides 2019 — 173rd Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 — 173rd Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 — 172nd States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 0.77 deaths 2021 up 4.1% 189th Homicide rate 6.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.7% 65th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 2,000 2030 unchanged 163rd States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 1.53 2030 up 21.6% 144th Age of full democracy 48 years 2025 up 26.3% 33rd Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 30.7% 2030 down 12.8% 22nd Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 2,000 2030 unchanged 164th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 55.2% 2020 down 2.0% 66th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 73.0% 2020 down 0.8% 55th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 56.2% 2020 down 2.0% 20th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 27.0% 2020 up 2.4% 132nd Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 17.8% 2020 up 3.0% 45th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 15.1% 2020 up 0.1% 108th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 10.14 2020 down 20.8% 152nd Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 4.67 2020 down 20.8% 152nd Page 1 of 2 Next →