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Vanuatu
East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · capital Port-Vila
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old71.7years
Ranks 141 of 217 in 2024
4% below world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old17.1per 1,000 live births
Ranks 110 of 196 in 2024
14% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old100per 100,000 live births
Ranks 129 of 194 in 2023
1.1× above world median · 22% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2013 · 13 years old28.9% of under-5s
Ranks 19 of 32 in 2013
14% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2013 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old4.12% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
35% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old3.57births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
88% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2023 · 3 years old88.0% of adults 15+
Ranks 22 of 33 in 2023
7% below world median · 9% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 33 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old112.5% gross
Ranks 18 of 134 in 2024
13% above world median · 13% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old7.64% of GDP
Ranks 3 of 40 in 2024
79% above world median · 67% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old4,039current US$
Ranks 128 of 186 in 2025
49% below world median · 39% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old4,525international $
Ranks 158 of 185 in 2025
78% below world median · 72% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2019 · 7 years old19.5% of population
Ranks 74 of 78 in 2019
19.5× above world median · 8.3× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2019 · 7 years old32.3index, 0–100
Ranks 33 of 78 in 2019
4% below world median · 3% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old5.1% of labour force
Ranks 90 of 182 in 2025
about the same world median · 66% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old0.7% per year
Not ranked — no better end
78% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old65.5% of population
Ranks 181 of 215 in 2024
35% below world median · 35% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old19.2% of population
Ranks 136 of 148 in 2024
76% below world median · 69% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2015 · 11 years old22.4% of population
Ranks 147 of 201 in 2015
55% below world median · 43% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 201 countries reporting in 2015 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old0.87t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
66% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old335.2kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
95% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Vanuatu has no figure in this dataset for Military spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.