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General Information

Region		Melanesia
Population (000, 2024)		328^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		26.9^a
Capital city		Port Vila
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		52.7^c
UN membership date		15 September 1981
Surface area (km2)		12 189^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.9^a
National currency		Vatu (VUV)
Exchange rate (per US$)		116.5^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	760	909	985^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.2	-5	1.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 748.1	2 917.8	3 015.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	23.1	24.4	23.6^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	11.5	11	10.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	65.4	64.6	65.8^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	56.3	44.7	42.3^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	7.1	10.7	11.2^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	36.6	44.7	46.4^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	5.2ⁱ	4	5.2ⁱ
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	60.7 / 78.5	59.7 / 77.6	60.7 / 78.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	107	123^j	150^j,d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	82	83^b
International trade: exportsⁱ (million current US$)	60	39	38^d
International trade: importsⁱ (million current US$)	255	284	212^d
International trade: balanceⁱ (million current US$)	-195	-245	-173^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-115	-58	-127^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.2	2.4	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	25	25.4^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.7^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4	3.7	3.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	72.9 / 68.2	73.2 / 68.2	74.1 / 69.6^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	38.5 / 5.9	39.0 / 6.4	38.3 / 6.7^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	3.2 / 1.2ⁿ	3.3 / 1.1ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0^k	~0.0^o
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	21.5	19.2	17^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4.3	4	4.4^i,o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.2^p	0.2^k	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.6	2.2	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.8 / 114.4	113.5 / 117.2	108.6 / 112.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	67.2 / 66.8	72.3 / 66.7	75.5 / 69.6^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	33.7 / 33.9	34.8 / 28.0	77.8 / 82.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	0.3	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	0^q	2^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	22.4	64.3	69.9^b
Threatened species (number)	137	144	181^d
Forested area (% of land area)	36.3	36.3	36.3^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.1 / 0.5	0.2 / 0.7	0.2 / 0.7^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	1	1^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	10	12	13^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	90	22	30^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	2.8	2.8	2.8^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	55.8 / ...	56.1 / ...	56.3 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	34.5 / ...	31.2 / ...	29.8 / ...^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	25.07	15.62	16.39^o

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2018
d		2023
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		2021
p		2012
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.