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Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026

Tuvalu

14.6

Minimal · 0+Rank 190 of 192+3.3 against the previous edition · #191 → #190Oceania · Polynesia · 4 of 5 sub-indices available
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Rank in its region14 / 14Oceania
Rank in its income group59 / 59Upper-middle income
Comparable countriesNauruIGE 14.8 · distance 6.8Comparable countriesTongaIGE 22.8 · distance 8.0

Comparable countries

Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).

What would move the score

  • Chokepoints±3.1 points
  • Sanctions±3.1 points
  • Commodity concentrationinsufficient data
  • Institutional fragility±1.9 points
  • Sovereign stress±1.9 points

Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.

Sub-indices against the regional and global mean

CountryRegional meanGlobal mean

Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026

History by edition

Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.

Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026

Key factors

What drives the score

  • Government effectiveness (WGI): 40 (2025), risk percentile 71.source
  • Exposure to sanctioned partners: 40.8 (2023), risk percentile 52.source
  • Insufficient data for: commodity concentration.

Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.

How it is calculated

Weights, coverage and provenance

Chokepoints4Effective 31 %
Sanctions11Effective 31 %
Commodity concentration—insufficient data
Institutional fragility35Effective 19 %
Sovereign stress18Effective 19 %

4 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1

Provenance hash

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SHA-256 of the canonical JSON of the inputs, their sources and periods, the winsorisation bounds and the weights. Same inputs, same hash.

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Sub-index inputs

Chokepoints · 4.4

How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.

Exposure to the main chokepoint (2025)4.6 % of GDP · percentile 3
Total chokepoint exposure (2025)16.9 % of GDP · percentile 11
Net energy import dependenceinsufficient data
Fuel share of importsinsufficient data
Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026)no · percentile 0
Logistics performance (LPI)insufficient data

Sanctions · 10.5

Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.

Jurisdiction-level sanctions regimeno regime · percentile 0
Designations linked to the country0 · percentile 0
Designations under country programmes0 · percentile 0
Entities under US export controls0 · percentile 0
Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023)40.8 · percentile 52

Commodity concentration · insufficient data

Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.

Export concentration (HHI)insufficient data
Import concentration (HHI)insufficient data
Fuel and food share of importsinsufficient data
Natural resource rents (2021)0 % of GDP · percentile 0
Terms-of-trade volatilityinsufficient data

Institutional fragility · 34.7

Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.

Rule of law (WGI) (2025)80.9 · percentile 9
Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025)90.5 · percentile 0
Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025)40 · percentile 71
Control of corruption (WGI) (2025)59.8 · percentile 37
INFORM risk index (2026)2.5 · percentile 12
Battle-related deaths per 100,000 peopleinsufficient data
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2012)18.29 · percentile 57
New conflict displacements per 1,000 peopleinsufficient data
Political and security events (90 days) (2026)62.4 · percentile 57
Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026)insufficient data

Sovereign stress · 18.1

Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.

Reserves in months of importsinsufficient data
Current account balance (2023)40 % of GDP · percentile 0
Annual inflation (2011)0.5 % · percentile 2
Annual depreciation against the dollar (2025)+2.4 % · percentile 49
External debt to GNIinsufficient data
Debt service to exportsinsufficient data
Short-term debt to reservesinsufficient data
Broad money to reservesinsufficient data
Interest payments to revenueinsufficient data
Intelrift daily country risk (2026)13 · percentile 21