Cooling Degree Days in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Cooling Degree Days was 6,461 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Tuvalu, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Tuvalu stood at 6,461. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Tuvalu peaked at 6,461 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,503, in 1965.
That places Tuvalu 18th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Cooling Degree Days in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,641 | — |
| 1961 | 5,569 | -1.3% |
| 1962 | 5,782 | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 5,794 | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 5,695 | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 5,503 | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 5,773 | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 5,644 | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 5,679 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 5,789 | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 5,754 | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 5,537 | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 5,666 | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 5,715 | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 5,625 | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 5,536 | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 5,557 | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 5,749 | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 5,753 | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 5,829 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 5,871 | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 5,773 | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 5,793 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 5,635 | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 5,581 | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 5,691 | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 5,792 | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 5,721 | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 5,850 | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 5,636 | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 5,896 | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 6,018 | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 5,795 | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 5,726 | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 5,877 | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 5,866 | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 5,842 | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 5,859 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 5,821 | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 5,737 | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 5,849 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 5,878 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 5,991 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 5,997 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,982 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 6,055 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 5,955 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 6,002 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 5,760 | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 5,975 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 6,030 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,849 | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 5,944 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 6,039 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 6,112 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 6,114 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,221 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 6,178 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 6,165 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 6,213 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 6,174 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 6,023 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 5,987 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 6,285 | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 6,461 | +2.8% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 6,461 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,490, 1.4× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 6,461 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,959, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,687 | 5,503 | 5,794 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5,672 | 5,536 | 5,829 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,734 | 5,581 | 5,871 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,844 | 5,726 | 6,018 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,944 | 5,760 | 6,055 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,086 | 5,849 | 6,221 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,186 | 5,987 | 6,461 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
More environment data for Tuvalu
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.836 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Tuvalu?
- Cooling degree days in Tuvalu was 6,461 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 6,461 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,503 in 1965.
- How does Tuvalu rank for cooling degree days?
- Tuvalu ranks 18th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.