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Government debt

Tuvalu

Tuvalu. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 20252.8%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20250.00196History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 2025196History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 20250.07History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Tuvalu: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 2.8% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 0.00196 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 3.3 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio decreases by 11.6 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time0132538502000200520102015202020252031Tuvalu · 2005: 37.4% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2006: 37.5% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2007: 32.4% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2008: 19.8% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2009: 20.6% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2010: 21.1% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2011: 19.1% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2012: 19.3% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2013: 17.8% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2014: 16.4% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2015: 14.4% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2016: 11.5% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2017: 11.9% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2018: 11.7% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2019: 11.3% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2020: 11.5% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2021: 10.7% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2022: 6.0% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2023: 5.8% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2024: 6.1% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2025: 2.8% — History / IMF estimatesTuvalu · 2026: 2.5% — IMF estimate / projectionTuvalu · 2027: 2.8% — IMF projectionTuvalu · 2028: 2.7% — IMF projectionTuvalu · 2029: 2.7% — IMF projectionTuvalu · 2030: 2.8% — IMF projectionTuvalu · 2031: 2.9% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearTuvalu (%)Source
20312.9IMF projection
20302.8IMF projection
20292.7IMF projection
20282.7IMF projection
20272.8IMF projection
20262.5IMF estimate / projection
20252.8History / IMF estimates
20246.1History / IMF estimates
20235.8History / IMF estimates
20226.0History / IMF estimates
202110.7History / IMF estimates
202011.5History / IMF estimates
201911.3History / IMF estimates
201811.7History / IMF estimates
201711.9History / IMF estimates
201611.5History / IMF estimates
201514.4History / IMF estimates
201416.4History / IMF estimates
201317.8History / IMF estimates
201219.3History / IMF estimates
201119.1History / IMF estimates
201021.1History / IMF estimates
200920.6History / IMF estimates
200819.8History / IMF estimates
200732.4History / IMF estimates
200637.5History / IMF estimates
200537.4History / IMF estimates
2004—History / IMF estimates
2003—History / IMF estimates
2002—History / IMF estimates
2001—History / IMF estimates
2000—History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data