Tuvalu
        50                                                                   3.5               45

        45                                                                   3.4
        40                                                                                     40
                                                                             3.3
        35
                                                                             3.2
        30                                                                                     35
                                                                             3.1
        25
                                                                             3
        20                                                                                     30
                                                                             2.9
        15
        10                                                                   2.8               25

         5                                                                   2.7

         0                                                                   2.6               20
                                             2010                                                                             2010
   Poverty           International Poverty Line     Lower Middle IC Line    GDP per capita
    rate                                                                     (Thousand)
     (%)             Upper Middle IC Line           National Poverty Line

                     GDP per capita (US$2011 PPP)




KEY INDICATORS (distribution among groups)                                                   International Poverty Line (%)   Relative Group (%)
                                                                                                                                                     Year
                                                                                                    Poor    Non-Poor          Bottom 40     Top 60

Urban population                                                                                     3          97               42            58    2010
Rural population                                                                                     3          97               38            62    2010
Males                                                                                                3          97               41            59    2010
Females                                                                                              3          97               38            62    2010
0 to 14 years old                                                                                    4          96               43            57    2010
15 to 64 years old                                                                                   3          97               37            63    2010
65 and older                                                                                         4          96               41            59    2010
Without education (age 16 and older)                                                                 7          93               54            46    2010
Primary education (age 16 and older)                                                                 4          96               40            60    2010
Secondary education (age 16 and older)                                                               3          97               37            63    2010
Tertiary/post-secondary education (age 16 and older)                                                 0         100               14            86    2010




International measures of poverty aim to facilitate the meaningful comparison of poverty rates across countries. They are ideally derived using
consistent methodology (e.g., in the definition of the consumption aggregate and the absolute level of the poverty line) to the extent that this is
possible with the available data. To this end, the World Bank publishes estimates of poverty according to three different international poverty lines:
2011 PPP USD per person per day $1.90, $3.20, and $5.50.

Tuvalu’s national poverty statistics from 2010 (as reported by the Tuvalu Trust Fund Advisory Committee) used a cost of basic needs approach to
establish a welfare benchmark for the poverty line. Separate poverty lines were estimated for Funafuti and the Outer Islands, with the cost of non-food
basic needs based on observed consumption of the relative group of the lowest three deciles in the distribution according to adult-equivalent
expenditure. For the international poverty statistics, the two resulting regional poverty lines are used to adjust nominal values of the expenditure
aggregate to account for spatial differences in the cost of living. The international poverty statistics also assess welfare needs on a per capita basis,
whereas the national statistics apply an adult equivalence scale (assuming children under age 15 require half the level of consumption as others).


The numbers presented in this brief are based on the EAPPOV database. EAPPOV is a database of socio-economic statistics constructed using microdata
from household surveys in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region and is managed by the East Asia & Pacific Team for Statistical Development
(EAPTSD). As of April 2017, the collection includes 19 countries and 78 surveys. Harmonized surveys in the EAPPOV database are compiled into 4
modules following Global Monitoring Database (GMD) Harmonization guidelines. A subset of the harmonized variables form the basis of the GMD
collection, including the welfare aggregate which is used for Global Poverty Monitoring. Terms of use of the data adhere to agreements with the original
data producers.