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Tuvalu
Tuvalu has no ID card or digital ID system. It announced digital nation plans in 2022 including a blockchain-based digital ID, with no confirmed status. No CBDC work was found; Tuvalu uses the Australian dollar.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Tuvalu
- Program
- None (planned blockchain digital ID)
- Status
- No government digital ID
- National ID card
- No national ID card
- Biometrics
- Not confirmed
The birth certificate is the recognised legal identity. At COP27 in 2022 the government announced a digital nation plan and a blockchain-based digital ID for elections, civil registration and digital passports, restricted to citizens, with a 2023 target. No source confirms it exists. There is no digital ID law and no dedicated data protection law.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- No known work
No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026. Tuvalu uses the Australian dollar.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2022-11Rolling it out
Tuvalu announced it would become the first digital nation at COP27. SEAP / Nationality For All — Digital ID: Tuvalu ↗
UN and WHO
How Tuvalu has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- Not ranked
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 1
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.