Palau vs Tuvalu: Share of the population with access to basic services

Palau

100.0%

in 2024

Tuvalu

100.0%

in 2024

Palau rank

1st

Tuvalu rank

1st

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Palau
Tuvalu

How they compare

Palau currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Palau ahead.

Palau ranks 1st and Tuvalu ranks 1st of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Palau
Share of the population with access to basic services in Tuvalu
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.