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🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Republic of Vanuatu
VUT VU Vt Vanuatu vatu (VUV)
Every statistic we track for Vanuatu — 78 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$4,100
65.5 yrs
0.62
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📈 Economy
| Current Account Balance | -8.5% | #166/190 | 2026 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 119.2 | #53/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #229/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -4.2% | #127/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 1.4 | #178/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 1.4 | #184/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 4,082 | #135/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 4,100 | #167/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.7% | #135/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 43.2% | #119/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 4,378 | #126/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 4.1% | #70/191 | 2026 |
| Real GDP Growth | 3.5% | #72/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #190/191 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 3.6 | #42/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.6 | #26/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 20.3 | #195/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 0.3 | #184/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 0.3 | #171/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 28.1 | #190/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 13 | #182/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 22.3% | #205/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 65.5% | #180/214 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 81.6 | #164/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Adult Literacy | 88% | #22/31 | 2023 |
| Education Spending (QoG) | 7.6% | #5/112 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.9 | #145/203 | 2024 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 45 | #93/179 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #43/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #50/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -0.2 | #88/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 50 | #58/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 50 | #57/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #62/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #44/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #49/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 1 | #162/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 82 | #65/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #42/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #105/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -0.8 | #156/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #29/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #42/179 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #81/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #114/179 | 2025 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #46/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | 0.5 | #60/192 | 2024 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 0.5 | #194/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 12.5 | #95/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 5.8 | #50/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 4.5 | #73/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 11.5 | #49/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #146/193 | 2023 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.