International Rankings of Vanuatu 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Vanuatu, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Vanuatu, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	135	2.69	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	174	7888	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	176	25.72 %	2018
Internet users - total	179	74083	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	176	1.30	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	204	3809	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	155	90.56	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	177	265219	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	203	244.100 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	202	236.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	0.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	69	13.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	186	200.500 million US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	104	49	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	84	61	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	85	82	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	116	59	2020
Exports	201	44.700 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	201	870.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	76	42.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	66	17.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	110	59.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	102	48.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	30	28.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	23	27.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	152	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	92	60.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	62	38 %	2010
Imports	203	273.700 million US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	45	4.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	55	3.10 %	2017
Labor force	176	115900 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	24	65 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	121	5 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	141	30 %	2000
Public debt	93	48.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	202	945.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	47	4.20 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	188	3153 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	157	395.100 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	85	27.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	158	1.70 %	1999
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	197	164800	2017
Electricity - consumption	198	58.590 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	28	71	2016
Electricity - from other renewable sources	13	29	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	194	37000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	194	63.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	162	1100	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	194	1073 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - methane emissions	163	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	163	10 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	151	15	2018
Land use - arable land	143	2	2018
Land use - forest	82	36	2018
Land use - other	42	49	2018
Land use - permanent crops	27	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	3	2018
Revenue from forest resources	59	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	136	10.000 billion	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	51	2.55	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	167	26	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	111	70225.00 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	93	25983 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	12	37.00 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	159	12189 sq km	N/A
Area - total	160	12189 sq km	N/A
Coastline	47	2528 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	96	1877 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	151	15	2018
Land use - arable land	143	2	2018
Land use - forest	82	36	2018
Land use - other	42	49	2018
Land use - permanent crops	27	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	3	2018
Total renewable water resources	135	10.000 billion	2017
Population Density	183	24.86 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	31	19.99	0050
Age structure - 25-54 years	157	36.09	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	149	5.89	N/A
Birth rate	60	21.95 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	77	49.00 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	75	3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	185	3.97 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	73	12.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	81	8.10 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	38	72.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	38	66.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	67	10 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	60	8 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	99	13.17 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	103	16.14 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	101	14.69 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	115	77 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	94	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	114	75 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	73	72.00	2017
Median age - female	128	24 years	2020
Median age - male	118	23 years	N/A
Median age - total	121	23 years	N/A
Net migration rate	114	1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	44	25.20 %	2016
Physicians density	142	0.17 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	174	303009	2021
Population growth rate	56	1.67 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	51	92 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	50	39 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	40	31 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	57	8 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	26	0.98	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	12	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	54	2.72 children born/woman	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	51	2.55	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	167	26	2021
Transportation
Airports	93	31	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	3	2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	51	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	69	28	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	47	21	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	107	1.660 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	122	374603	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	142	256 km	2000
Roadways - total	144	1070 km	2000

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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