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IndicatorVUTVanuatuEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #31
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile44.8rank #93
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.47rank #57
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.57rank #41
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.85rank #36
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile35.5rank #164
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #31
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #74
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile82.3rank #39
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile49.7rank #121
Rule of Law0-100 percentile64.2rank #75
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #40
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.73rank #38
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.62rank #39
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile65.4rank #64
Women in parliament% seats1.9%rank #169
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.72rank #85
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment44.5%rank #30
Agriculture value added% GDP26.6%rank #15
Current account balance% GDP-11.1%rank #152
Employment-to-population ratio%54.8%rank #113
External debt stocks% GNI39.2%rank #45
FDI net inflows% GDP2.2%rank #106
GDPcurrent US$1.35Brank #174
GDP growth%3.1%rank #102
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$4,038.7rank #128
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $3,867rank #158
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $3,403.7rank #166
Government expenditure% GDP26.6%rank #45
Gross capital formation% GDP26.1%rank #53
Gross savings% GDP7.2%rank #150
Industry value added% GDP10.1%rank #177
Inflation%0.66%rank #25
Labour force participation rate%57.8%rank #116
Personal remittances received% GDP17.2%rank #22
Tax revenue% GDP16.5%rank #63
Trade openness% GDP73.4%rank #101
Unemployment% labor force5.1%rank #89
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%5.1%rank #89
Vulnerable employment% employment58%rank #140
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2411.3%rank #83
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2411%rank #77
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop87.1%rank #125
Basic sanitation access% pop47.8%rank #147
Child mortalityper 1001.7rank #76
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,909rank #98
DTP3 immunization coverage%71%rank #29
Health spending% GDP4.1%rank #152
Infant mortalityper 1k births14.4rank #71
Life expectancyyears71.7rank #141
Maternal mortalityper 100k100rank #58
Measles immunization% children61%rank #36
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%61%rank #36
Physiciansper 1k0.16rank #115
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m37rank #26
Road traffic deathsper 100k14.9rank #60
Smoking prevalence% adults24.9%rank #92
Suicide mortality rateper 100k15.7rank #157
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k44rank #68
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births17.1rank #110
Undernourishment% pop7.2%rank #27
Education
Adult literacy%88%rank #22
Education spending% GDP7.6%rank #3
Expected years of schoolingyears11.8rank #140
Mean years of schoolingyears7.2rank #139
Primary completion rate% relevant age113.4%rank #4
Primary enrollment% gross112.5%rank #18
Secondary enrollment% gross134.7%rank #5
Tertiary enrollment% gross4.9%rank #103
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00027.7rank #40
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.6rank #42
Median age of populationyears20.1rank #177
Net migration rateper 1,0000rank #94
Populationpeople335,169rank #177
Population growth%2.2%rank #36
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years75.8rank #140
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands534.4rank #173
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age74.9rank #32
Urban population%22.3%rank #198
Climate
CO₂ emissionst197,079rank #195
CO₂ per capitat0.6rank #166
Electricity access% pop65.5%rank #48
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation12.5%rank #92
Electricity from solar% generation12.5%rank #26
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #105
Forest area% land36.3%rank #83
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3.8rank #79
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh500rank #103
Renewable electricity%25%rank #99
Renewable energy share%25%rank #29
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e1.2rank #24
Society
Asylum seekerspeople961rank #73
Extreme poverty% pop19.5%rank #34
Female labor participation%53.3%rank #92
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1001.2rank #129
Gender Development Indexratio0.95rank #62
Gender Inequality Index0-10.56rank #130
Gini indexindex32.3rank #28
Homicide rateper 100k0.33rank #7
Human Development Index0-10.62rank #114
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.52rank #91
Internet users% pop22.4%rank #145
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #142
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.09rank #109
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.33rank #143
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.74rank #168
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people5rank #152
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people13rank #7
Youth NEET rate%35.1%rank #167
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.9rank #24
Human hazard & exposure0-100rank #1
INFORM risk score0-104.5rank #34
Lack of coping capacity0-106rank #50
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.7rank #50
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.3rank #42
Natural hazard & exposure0-105.1rank #38
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.6rank #63
Vulnerability0-105.2rank #41
Vulnerable groups0-103.3rank #28
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