Member state
Tuvalu at the United Nations
- Admitted
- 2000-09-05
- ISO 3166-1
- TV / TUV
- Admitted by
- A/RES/55/1
International organisations
Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.
| Organisation | Joined |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth of Nations | 1978 |
| Universal Postal Union | 1981-02-03 |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | 1991-10-21 |
| International Telecommunication Union | 1996-08-15 |
| United Nations | 2000-09-05 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 2010-06-24 |
| World Meteorological Organization | 2012-09-22 |
| World Health Organization | not recorded |
Position in General Assembly voting
A statistical estimate of where this state sat on the main axis of General Assembly voting, not a record of any vote. The range is what the model treats as credible; neither end of the scale is the better one.
| Year | Estimate | Credible range | Votes cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.09 | -0.28 to 0.09 | 142 |
| 2024 | -0.06 | -0.23 to 0.11 | 67 |
| 2023 | 0.02 | -0.15 to 0.20 | 58 |
| 2022 | -0.02 | -0.19 to 0.15 | 58 |
| 2021 | -0.08 | -0.33 to 0.20 | 30 |
| 2020 | 0.10 | -0.11 to 0.31 | 59 |
People of concern
As recorded by UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for 2025 — UNHCR’s own reporting categories, not a census.
| Category | People |
|---|---|
| Refugees hosted | 0 |
| Asylum-seekers hosted | 0 |
| Refugees from Tuvalu abroad | 0 |
Population projection
United Nations World Population Prospects, median variant — a projection, not a count.
| 2025 | 2030 | 2035 | 2040 | 2045 | 2050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,492 | 9,047 | 8,980 | 9,140 | 9,438 | 9,781 |
Permanent representatives
1 recorded. Full list
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Enele Sopoaga | 2001-07-03 | 2006-12-19 |
Permanent mission
- Mission
- Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations
- Address
- Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations, 685 Third Avenue, Suite 1104, New York, NY 10017
- National holiday
- Independence Day, 1 October
- Accredited diplomats
- 8
Accredited diplomats
- Mr. Samuelu Laloniu Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary / Permanent Representative
- Mr. Fakasoa Tealei Counsellor / Deputy Permanent Representative
- Mr. Taniela Kepa Siose Counsellor / Deputy Permanent Representative
- Mrs. Tarataake Samuelu First Secretary
- Mrs. Fulitua Siaosi Tealei First Secretary
- Ms. Laingane Italeli Talia First Secretary / Interim Deputy Permanent Representative
- Mrs. Tinai Temamila Kepa First Secretary
- Mr. Chia-Cheng Hsu Second Secretary
The numbers
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Since 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 emissions per capita | 0 | 2024 | |
| GDP | 57,345,435 | 2025 | |
| GNI per capita | 9,780 | 2025 | |
| Life expectancy at birth | 67.26 | 2024 | |
| Net official development assistance received | 68,341,110 | 2023 | |
| Population | 9,492 | 2025 | |
| Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) | 0 | 2025 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.
General Debate statements
25 statements to the General Debate since 2001, 51,651 words in all. The longest was 2025, at 3,139 words, delivered by Feleti Teo.
Of the 25 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Prime Minister ×15, UN Representative ×3, Deputy Prime Minister ×2, Prime Minister and Minister for Public Utilities ×2. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Emblems and location
Treaties joined
30 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.
Recorded votes
| Resolution | Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/290 | 2026-07-10 | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/282 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/286 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/296 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/293 B | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/294 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/293 A | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/297 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/299 | - | non-voting |
Provenance
Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.
| Attribute | Value | Source | Confidence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iso2 | TV | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.560216+00:00 |
| iso3 | TUV | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.560225+00:00 |
| m49 | 798 | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.767852+00:00 |
| name | Tuvalu | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.560196+00:00 |
| un_admission_date | 2000-09-05 | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.560207+00:00 |
| unsd_name | Tuvalu | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.767864+00:00 |
Where this page comes from
- UN General Assembly ideal point estimates — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN General Debate Corpus (Jankin, Baturo & Dasandi) — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN Research Guides (Dag Hammarskjold Library) — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UN Statistics Division SDG Indicators API — CC BY 4.0 · source
- UN World Population Prospects — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder — Unassessed · source
- Wikidata — CC0 1.0 · source
- World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source