International Rankings of Vanuatu 2024, 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	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	187	2785	2020
Internet users - percent of population	53	66.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	179	211200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	204	3437	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	78.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	180	250000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	194	355.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	190	398.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	0.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	77	1.893 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	190	200.500 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	49	109.45	N/A
Exports	210	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	42.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	66	17.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	112	59.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	104	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	157	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	99	60.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	95	32 %	2019
Imports	201	495.858 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	90	4.92 %	2018
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	125	2.34 %	2021
Labor force	180	132700 US Dollars	2021
Public debt	107	48.40 % 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	156	2800 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	32	11	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	160	664.751 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	143	14.24 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	194	2.18 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	142	5.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	141	5.20 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	141	5.40 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	197	225000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	198	225000	2019
Electricity - consumption	199	62.926 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	196	35000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	196	5.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	43	61	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	42	70	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	15	97	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	51	84.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	13	8.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	34	7.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	152	10.878 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	186	1500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	201	1073 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - methane emissions	167	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	164	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	155	15	2018
Land use - arable land	147	2	2018
Land use - forest	84	36	2018
Land use - permanent crops	27	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	3	2018
Revenue from forest resources	61	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	139	10.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.55	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Geography
Area - land	161	12189 sq km	N/A
Area - total	165	12189 sq km	N/A
Coastline	48	2528 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	105	1877 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	155	15	2018
Land use - arable land	147	2	2018
Land use - forest	84	36	2018
Land use - permanent crops	27	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	3	2018
Population Density	190	25.68 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	88	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	126	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	58	21.20 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	37	12 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	75	49.00 %	2013
Current health expenditure	76	4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	16	69 %	2023
Death rate	86	4.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	92	12.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	40	15.20 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	32	76.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	33	69.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	64	10 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	52	8 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	64	2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	51	1.26 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	95	12.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	98	15.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	96	14.00 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	72	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	64	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	74	75 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	63	88 %	2021
Literacy - male	48	90 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	54	89 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	68	94.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	131	25 years	N/A
Median age - male	125	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	120	24 years	2023
Net migration rate	71	1.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	44	25.20 %	2016
Physicians density	144	0.17 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	179	313046	2023
Population growth rate	54	1.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	45	91 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	49	40 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	44	32 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	50	9 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	16	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	62	2.59 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.55	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Transportation
Airports	98	31	2024
Merchant marine - total	52	338	2023
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	8.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.