Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita was 0.0027 million USD per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu, 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per person.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 0.0027 million USD per person for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu peaked at 0.003 million USD per person in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0014 million USD per person, in 1972.
Vanuatu ranks 138th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | million USD per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0014 million USD per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0014 million USD per person | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0014 million USD per person | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0015 million USD per person | +13.5% |
| 1974 | 0.002 million USD per person | +30.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0019 million USD per person | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0018 million USD per person | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 million USD per person | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.002 million USD per person | +14.0% |
| 1979 | 0.002 million USD per person | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0018 million USD per person | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0018 million USD per person | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0019 million USD per person | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0025 million USD per person | +28.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0026 million USD per person | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0025 million USD per person | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0024 million USD per person | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0024 million USD per person | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0024 million USD per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0024 million USD per person | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0026 million USD per person | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0027 million USD per person | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0026 million USD per person | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 million USD per person | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0025 million USD per person | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0028 million USD per person | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0029 million USD per person | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0028 million USD per person | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0028 million USD per person | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0028 million USD per person | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.003 million USD per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.003 million USD per person | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0028 million USD per person | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0027 million USD per person | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0027 million USD per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0027 million USD per person | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0027 million USD per person | +1.6% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 0.0027 million USD per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.002 million USD per person, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 0.0027 million USD per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0048 million USD per person, 56% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +30.5% | 0.0015 million USD per person | 0.002 million USD per person |
| 1983 | +28.7% | 0.0019 million USD per person | 0.0025 million USD per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0017 million USD per person | 0.0014 million USD per person | 0.002 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0023 million USD per person | 0.0018 million USD per person | 0.0026 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0026 million USD per person | 0.0024 million USD per person | 0.0027 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0027 million USD per person | 0.0025 million USD per person | 0.0029 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0029 million USD per person | 0.0028 million USD per person | 0.003 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0027 million USD per person | 0.0027 million USD per person | 0.0028 million USD per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 135 Djibouti 0.0032 million USD per person compare
- 136 Angola 0.003 million USD per person compare
- 137 Laos 0.0029 million USD per person compare
- 139 Honduras 0.0026 million USD per person compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 0.0025 million USD per person compare
- 141 Nigeria 0.0025 million USD per person compare
More economy & growth data for Vanuatu
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.2699 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.49 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 2.79 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 8.5 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 28.86 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 211.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0222 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 88.05 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -4.52 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Vanuatu was 0.0027 million USD per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.003 million USD per person in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0014 million USD per person in 1972.
- How does Vanuatu rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita?
- Vanuatu ranks 138th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.