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To which language should you translate to localize in Tuvalu?
What the 150 top websites do
Of the top 150 website (Global by design ranking):
- 11/150 translate into English.
- 1/150 translates into Tuvaluan.
If you need others information, below you can find a selection of economic/social/cultural data
Overview
Language
Official language
Tuvaluan and English.
T-index
0.00005%
T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales.
Actual languages
Samoan, Gilbertese, Kiribati language.
Demography
Capital: Fanafuti
Currency: Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar
Population: 11,312
Population density: 373/km2
Economy
GDP: 59.06 million USD (2022)
GDP per capita: 5,221.5 USD (2022)
Exports: $29.4 million (2018)
Statistics
Internet users: 71.6% penetration, 8,131 internet users
Unemployment rate: 7.9% (2022)
Urbanisation: 66% (2022)
Conventions
Numbering system
Arabic numerals with dot as decimal separator, comma as thousands separator
Date format: dd-mm-yyyy
Time: 12h time system (a.m/p.m)
Country code: 00688
Language data sources: Worldatlas/Britannica//EF/Wikipedia; Demography data sources: IMF/Worldometers; Conventions data source: Wikipedia; Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal; Statistics data sources: Datareportal/WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF/Culturalatlas/Commisceoglobal
Facts and data
Economy
Imports
$47.4 million (2018). Refined Petroleum ($13M), Cement ($8.12M), Tug Boats ($3.62M), Fishing Ships ($2.78M) and Iron Structures ($2.16M), importantly mostly from Fiji ($20.1M), China ($12.1M), Japan ($6.67M), New Zealand ($1.9M) and United States ($1.21M).
Exports
$29.4 million (2018). Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($27.9M), Other Sugars ($487k), Coin ($202k), Microphones and Headphones ($141k) and Iron Fasteners ($61.9k), exporting mostly to Thailand ($17.5M), Philippines ($5.48M), Ecuador ($2.86M), Japan ($2.11M) and Nigeria ($503k).
Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal
Service Imports (2008)
Service Exports (2008)
Source: OEC
Historical Data Trade Imports
The following section uses historical trade data imports from partners of Tuvalu.
Historical Data Trade Exports
The following section uses historical trade data exports from partners of Tuvalu.
Source: OEC
The Top Export Opportunities for Tuvalu by Relatedness
Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product by showing only products that Tuvalu is not specialized in.
Tuvalu's Most Complex Exports
The Product Complexity Index (PCI) measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.
Source: OEC
Tuvalu's Most Specialized Products
Specialization is measured using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), an index that takes the ratio between Tuvalu observed and expected exports in each product.
Source: OEC
Market Growth Imports (2008)
This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start importing that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.
Market Growth Exports (2008)
This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start exporting that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.
Source: OEC
T-index
Reach most of the online purchasing power
T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales. It estimates the market share of each country in relation to global e-commerce.
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Media language
Tuvalu Language and English.
Information channels
Media freedom is respected in Tuvalu but the market is very small. The government operates Radio Tuvalu. Many islanders use satellite dishes to watch foreign TV stations.
The press
Sikuleo o Tuvalu – government news sheet published in Tuvaluan
Tuvalu Echoes – run by state-owned Tuvalu Media Corporation
Radio
Radio Tuvalu – FM station run by state-owned Tuvalu Media Corporation, includes BBC World Service relays
Media data source: BBC
Internet Data
Internet users
71.6% penetration, 8,131 internet users
Share of web traffic by device
73.24% mobile phones, 26.57% computers (laptops and desktops), 0.19% tablet devices.
Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 39.1%
Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 100%
Most popular web search engines
Google (87.43%), Bing (11.17%), Yahoo (0.72%), Baidu (0.32%), DuckduckGo (0.27%), other (0.09%).
Most used social media
Facebook (80.51%), Pinterest (7.59%), Twitter (6.58%), YouTube (3.54%), Instagram (1.27%), Reddit (0.25%), LinkedIn (0.25%).
Internet data sources: Datareportal/Statcounter
Social statistics
Life expectancy
65 yrs (2021)
Current health expenditure
21.54% of GDP
CO2 emissions
0.6 metric tons per capita
Social statistics sources: WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF
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