International Rankings of Vanuatu 2022, 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	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	180	2785	2020
Internet users - percent of population	70	26 %	2019
Internet users - total	171	77969	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	181	3472	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	87	88.44	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	171	265219	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	195	244.100 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	194	236.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.9 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	194	870.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	72	42.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	61	17.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	107	59.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	98	48.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	28	28.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	21	27.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	145	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	88	60.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	44	4.5 %	2017
Labor force	170	115900 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	22	65 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	117	5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	132	30 %	2000
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	187	850.000 million US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	136	2800 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	81	27.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	84	14.4	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	96	10.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	86	12.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	186	225000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	190	62.926 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	187	35000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	188	5.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	47	84.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	12	8.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	32	7.4 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	147	10.878 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	177	1500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	187	1073 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	170	0.15 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	159	0.5 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	160	10.31 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	146	15.3	2018
Land use - arable land	136	1.6	2018
Land use - forest	75	36.1	2018
Land use - other	40	48.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	25	10.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	134	3.4	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	58	0.54 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	133	10.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	49	2.55	2025
Urbanization - urban population	157	25.8	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	109	70225 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	92	25983 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	11	37 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	153	12189 sq km	0
Area - total	154	12189 sq km	0
Area - water	201	0 sq km	0
Coastline	44	2528 km	0
Elevation - highest point	97	1877 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	146	15.3	2018
Land use - arable land	136	1.6	2018
Land use - forest	75	36.1	2018
Land use - other	40	48.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	25	10.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	134	3.4	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	29	19.99	0050
Age structure - 25-54 years	147	36.09	5130
Age structure - 55-64 years	140	5.89	8904
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	127	0.34 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	85	0.87 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	122	1.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	64	0.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	57	21.57 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	42	11.7 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	74	49 %	2013
Current health expenditure	76	3.4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	168	3.98 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	83	12.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	40	15.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	29	76.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	31	69.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	60	10.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	50	7.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	62	2.2 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	94	12.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	98	15.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	97	14.34 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	107	76.91 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	87	73.45 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	101	75.14 years	0
Literacy - female	60	86.7 %	2018
Literacy - male	53	88.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	57	87.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	72	72 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	123	23.5 years	2020
Median age - male	116	22.6 years	0
Median age - total	115	23 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	113	1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	41	25.2 %	2016
Physicians density	139	0.17 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	170	308043	2022
Population growth rate	53	1.63 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	45	91.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	46	39.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	41	31.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	48	8.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	25	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	10	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	85	2.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	55	33 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	70	17.8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	52	2.66 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	49	2.55	2025
Urbanization - urban population	157	25.8	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	84	14.4	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	96	10.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	86	12.3	0
Transportation
Airports	93	31	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	51	7	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	69	28	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	47	21	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	52	306	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	105	1.660 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	120	374603	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	92	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	138	256 km	2000
Roadways - total	140	1070 km	2000
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.