Life expectancy vs. health spending in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 67.11 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Tuvalu, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 67.11 years for life expectancy vs. health spending in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Tuvalu peaked at 67.11 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.01 years, in 1950.
That places Tuvalu 193rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43.75 years | 40.01 years | 47.5 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 51.62 years | 48.26 years | 54.73 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 57.66 years | 54.69 years | 59.88 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.99 years | 60.22 years | 61.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.28 years | 60.29 years | 63.35 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.09 years | 63.54 years | 64.69 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.39 years | 64.83 years | 66.11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.53 years | 65.82 years | 67.11 years | 4 |
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More health data for Tuvalu
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 93 (2025)
- Population, male 4,859 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 85 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 101 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 88 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 106 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 98 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 103 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 111 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 97 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Tuvalu?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Tuvalu was 67.11 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 67.11 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.01 years in 1950.
- How does Tuvalu rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Tuvalu ranks 193rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.