Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power in Vanuatu, 1970–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 0.0001 units per square kilometre for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Vanuatu peaked at 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 units per square kilometre, in 1970.
That places Vanuatu 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 0 units per square kilometre | +16.9% |
| 1974 | 0 units per square kilometre | +34.6% |
| 1975 | 0 units per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0 units per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0 units per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 0 units per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 0 units per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 0 units per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 0 units per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 0 units per square kilometre | +31.9% |
| 1984 | 0 units per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 0 units per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0 units per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0 units per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0 units per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0 units per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 0 units per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 0 units per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0 units per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 0 units per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0 units per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0 units per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 0 units per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0 units per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0 units per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 0 units per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 0 units per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.8% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 0.0001 units per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0003 units per square kilometre, 24% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 0.0001 units per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0009 units per square kilometre, 8% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +34.6% | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre |
| 1983 | +31.9% | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 167 Bolivia 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 168 Papua New Guinea 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 169 Madagascar 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 171 Yemen 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 172 Zambia 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 173 Botswana 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Vanuatu
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.2699 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.49 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -3.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0163 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 65.88 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -8.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0119 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 48.11 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0198 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Vanuatu?
- Gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Vanuatu was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Vanuatu rank for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power?
- Vanuatu ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.