Transport and infrastructure in Tuvalu

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Tuvalu with the average of all countries in Oceania.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 8 km. For each of the country's 11,792 inhabitants, this corresponds to 0.68 meters. This puts Tuvalu in 221st place in the global ranking. However, the country's population density must also be taken into account, which is relatively high at around 454 inhabitants per km². In Tuvalu, left-hand traffic is the rule on the roads, i.e. you drive in the left lane and overtake on the right. Oncoming traffic comes to meet you on the right side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Tuvalu
Roadways	0 km	678.43 km	307.69 m
Railroads	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	245	20,776.80	9.423
Airports	1	84.80	38.462

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Oceania
Roadways	30,900 km	2,504.49 km	55.93 m
Railroads	600 km	48.39 km	1.08 m
Waterways	11,200 km	908.39 km	20.29 m
Commercial harbors	5,397	437.42	0.010
Airports	817	66.22	0.001

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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