Life expectancy
71.7 · 2024
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Vanuatu
$3,411GDP per capita · 2024
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
327.8K · 2024
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Population growth
2.3% · 2024
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Urban population
22.3% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
0.9 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-12.1% · 2022
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Current account balance (IMF)
-10.4% · 2025
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Foreign direct investment
2.6% · 2024
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Government
Central government debt
72.3% · 2023
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Education spending
7.6% · 2024
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Government gross debt
40.9% · 2025
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Health spending
4.1% · 2023
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Labour
Unemployment
5.1% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$1.1B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$1.3B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 1.3B · 2025
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GDP growth
0.9% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$3,411 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$3,936 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$3,890 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
3.1% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
11.2% · 2023
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Inflation (avg CPI)
1.7% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
32.3 · 2019
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Internet users
22.4% · 2015
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Trade
Exports
9.4% · 2022
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Imports
54.2% · 2022
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Trade
63.6% · 2022
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