International Rankings of Vanuatu 2023, 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	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	187	2785	2020
Internet users - percent of population	53	66 %	2021
Internet users - total	179	211200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	193	3600	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	78	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	178	250000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	194	355.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	190	398.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	0.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	76	1.893 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	190	200.500 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	208	88.805 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	207	870.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	79	42.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	66	17.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	112	59.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	104	48.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	30	28.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	23	27.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	157	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	99	60.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	95	32.3 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	200	495.858 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	90	4.92 %	2018
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	124	2.34 %	2021
Labor force	180	132700 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	24	65 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	125	5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	146	30 %	2000
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	102	48.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	208	888.165 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	168	0.45 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	160	2800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	160	664.751 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	143	14.24 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	194	2.18 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	142	5.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	141	5.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	141	5.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	197	225000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	199	62.926 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	196	35000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	196	5.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	51	84.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	13	8.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	34	7.4 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	152	10.878 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	186	1500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	201	1073 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	0.15 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	167	0.5 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	166	10.31 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	155	15.3	2018
Land use - arable land	147	1.6	2018
Land use - forest	84	36.1	2018
Land use - other	44	48.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	27	10.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	3.4	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	61	0.54 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	139	10.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.55	2025
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	113	70225 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 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	162	12189 sq km	0
Area - total	164	12189 sq km	0
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	47	2528 km	0
Elevation - highest point	111	1877 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	155	15.3	2018
Land use - arable land	147	1.6	2018
Land use - forest	84	36.1	2018
Land use - other	44	48.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	27	10.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	3.4	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	131	0.34 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	88	0.87 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	126	1.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	67	0.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	59	21.19 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	45	11.7 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	75	49 %	2013
Current health expenditure	76	4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	16	69.2 %	2023
Death rate	188	3.99 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	92	12.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	40	15.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	32	76.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	33	69.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	64	10.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	52	7.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	64	2.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	50	1.26 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	101	12.56 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	106	15.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	105	14 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	120	77.17 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	97	73.72 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	114	75.4 years	0
Literacy - female	63	88.4 %	2021
Literacy - male	48	89.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	54	89.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	68	94 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	132	23.5 years	2020
Median age - male	123	22.6 years	0
Median age - total	126	23 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	124	1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	44	25.2 %	2016
Physicians density	144	0.17 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	180	313046	2023
Population growth rate	54	1.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	45	91.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	49	39.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	44	31.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	50	8.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	16	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	89	2.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	58	33 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	74	17.8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	58	2.59 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.55	2025
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	142	5.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	141	5.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	141	5.4	0
Transportation
Airports	94	31	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	71	281000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	51	331	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	108	1.660 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	124	374603	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	147	256 km	2000
Roadways - total	162	1070 km	2000
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.