Country
Vanuatu
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Port-Vila
- ISO code
- VU · VUT
70 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 335K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 3,867 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 71.7 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.9 t CO₂
Population
- Population 335K 2025 177th of 214
- Population density 27 people/km² 2024 173rd of 212
- Population growth 2.23 % per year 2025 36th of 214
- Natural increase 23.0 per 1,000 people 2023 30th of 228
- Net migration -0.2 per 1,000 people 2025 96th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.57 births per woman 2024 42nd of 214
- Urban population 22.3 % 2025 206th of 214
- Median age 20.1 years 2023 188th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 4.4 % 2025 155th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 7.6 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 146th of 214
- Children under 15 38.0 % 2025 34th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 71.7 years 2024 139th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 74.1 years 2024 141st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 69.6 years 2024 131st of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.5 years 2024 124th of 214
- Infant mortality 14.4 per 1,000 births 2024 88th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 17.1 per 1,000 births 2024 86th of 195
- Maternal mortality 100 per 100,000 births 2023 65th of 193
- Health spending per person 143 USD 2023 133rd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 141 $ (PPP) 2023 169th of 191
- Physicians 0.16 per 1,000 people 2019 159th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.7 per 1,000 people 2008 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 61 % 2024 177th of 191
- Undernourishment 5.8 % 2024 71st of 165
- Tobacco use 24.9 % 2024 48th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,909 kcal per day 2023 97th of 175
- Meat supply 41.0 kg per person per year 2023 109th of 175
Economy
- GDP 1.4B USD 2025 174th of 185
- GDP per capita 4,039 USD 2025 127th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 3,867 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 157th of 184
- GDP growth 3.1 % 2025 102nd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 0.8 % 2025 144th of 185
- Inflation 0.7 % 2025 145th of 169
- Unemployment 5.1 % 2025 92nd of 181
- Youth unemployment 11.3 % 2025 99th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 29.3 % 2025 26th of 150
- Trade 73 % of GDP 2024 101st of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 32.3 2019 102nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 19.5 % 2019 36th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 26.6 % of GDP 2024 15th of 187
- Women in the labour force 53.3 % 2025 92nd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.621 2023 145th of 192
- Literacy rate 88.0 % 2023 71st of 122
- Education spending 10.7 % of GDP 2022 2nd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 135 % 2023 5th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 5 % 2004 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 116 % 2023 5th of 135
- Women in parliament 1.9 % 2025 181st of 183
- Homicide rate 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020 123rd of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 183rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.9 t CO₂ 2024 144th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.60 t CO₂ 2024 173rd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 198th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.9 t CO₂e 2024 149th of 201
- Forest area 74.6 % of land 2024 12th of 208
- Arable land 1.6 % of land 2024 176th of 205
- Renewable energy 24.6 % of final energy 2021 93rd of 210
- Renewable electricity 25.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from solar 12.5 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Carbon intensity of electricity 500 g CO₂e/kWh 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity generation per person 250 kWh 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution 7.0 µg/m³ 2023 175th of 199
Vanuatu on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldBislama, English, French · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldVanuatu vatu (VUV)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+11Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, G, I · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map12 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)