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Vanuatu
Summary statistics
Region Oceania-Melanesia  
Currency Vatu (VUV)  
Surface area (square kilometres) 12189  
Population in 2010 (estimated, 000) 240  
Population density in 2010 (per square kilometre) 19.7  
Capital city and population in 2011 (000) Port Vila (47)  
United Nations membership date 15 September 1981  
Economic indicators
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 2010 710  
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 2005 393  
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 2000 272  
GDP: Growth rate at constant 2005 prices (annual %) 2010 5.0  
GDP: Growth rate at constant 2005 prices (annual %) 2005 5.3  
GDP: Growth rate at constant 2005 prices (annual %) 2000 5.9  
GDP per capita (current US$) 2010 2963.5  
GDP per capita (current US$) 2005 1862.4  
GDP per capita (current US$) 2000 1469.8  
GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$) 2010 2792.9  
GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$) 2005 1731.3  
GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$) 2000 1212.1  
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 2010 27.8  
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 2005 19.7  
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 2000 24.6  
Exchange rates (national currency per US$) 2010 93.15 Official rate.  
Exchange rates (national currency per US$) 2005 112.33 Official rate.  
Exchange rates (national currency per US$) 2000 142.81 Official rate.  
Balance of payments, current account (million US$) 2010 -54  
Balance of payments, current account (million US$) 2005 -53  
Balance of payments, current account (million US$) 2000 -14  
CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) 2010 133  
CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) 2005 112  
CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) 2000 100  
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 2010 110  
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 2005 99  
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 2000 92  
Food production index (2004-2006=100) 2010 110  
Food production index (2004-2006=100) 2005 99  
Food production index (2004-2006=100) 2000 92  
Employment in industrial sector (% of employed) 2010 7.0 Population census. November. 2009.  
Employment in industrial sector (% of employed) 2005 ...  
Employment in industrial sector (% of employed) 2000 ...  
Employment in agricultural sector (% of employed) 2010 60.5 Population census. November. 2009.  
Employment in agricultural sector (% of employed) 2005 ...  
Employment in agricultural sector (% of employed) 2000 ...  
Labour force participation, adult female pop. (%) 2010 61.3  
Labour force participation, adult female pop. (%) 2005 65.3  
Labour force participation, adult female pop. (%) 2000 70.0  
Labour force participation, adult male pop. (%) 2010 79.7  
Labour force participation, adult male pop. (%) 2005 81.6  
Labour force participation, adult male pop. (%) 2000 83.8  
Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) 2010 97  
Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) 2005 62  
Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) 2000 58  
Telephone subscribers, total (per 100 inhabitants) 2010 121.1  
Telephone subscribers, total (per 100 inhabitants) 2005 9.3  
Telephone subscribers, total (per 100 inhabitants) 2000 3.8  
Internet users (per 100 inhabitants) 2010 8.0  
Internet users (per 100 inhabitants) 2005 5.1  
Internet users (per 100 inhabitants) 2000 2.1  
Exports (million US$) 2010 29.9 2007.  
Imports (million US$) 2010 201.7 2007.  
Balance (million US$) 2010 -171.8 2007.  
Major trading partners (% of exports) 2010 ... 2007.  
Major trading partners (% of imports) 2010 Australia (31.1), New Zealand (16.8), Singapore (12.4) 2007.  
Social indicators
Population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 2.4  
Urban population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 3.6  
Rural population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 2.0  
Urban population (%) 2011 24.9  
Population aged 0-14 years (%) 2011 37.9  
Population aged 60+ years (females and males, % of total) 2011 5.5/5.5  
Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 2011 103.8  
Life expectancy at birth (females and males, years) 2010-2015 73.6/69.5  
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) 2010-2015 24.1  
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman) 2010-2015 3.8  
Contraceptive prevalence (ages 15-49, %) 2006-2010 38.4  
International migrant stock (000 and % of total population) mid-2010 0.8/0.3  
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR end-2010 4  
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP) 2005-2011 5.2  
Education: Primary-secondary gross enrolment ratio (f/m per 100) 2005-2011 84.2/86.5  
Education: Female third-level students (% of total) 2005-2011 36.1 UNESCO estimate. 2004.  
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2011 1.9  
Environmental indicators
Threatened species 2011 123  
Forested area (% of land area) 2009 36.1  
CO2 emission estimates (000 metric tons and metric tons per capita) 2008 92/0.4  
Energy consumption per capita (kilograms oil equivalent) 2009 172.0  
Rainfall in the capital city, total mean (millimetres) 2222  
Temperature in the capital city, mean °C (minimum and maximum) 21.5/28.2  
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