Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 2,695 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Vanuatu, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Vanuatu is 2,695 USD, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Vanuatu peaked at 2,986 USD in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,363 USD, in 1972.
Vanuatu ranks 165th of 228 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$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,372 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,367 USD | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 1,363 USD | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,547 USD | +13.5% |
| 1974 | 2,019 USD | +30.5% |
| 1975 | 1,869 USD | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 1,848 USD | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 1,775 USD | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 2,023 USD | +14.0% |
| 1979 | 2,044 USD | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 1,769 USD | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 1,802 USD | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 1,948 USD | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 2,508 USD | +28.7% |
| 1984 | 2,614 USD | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 2,578 USD | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 2,462 USD | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 2,410 USD | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 2,362 USD | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 2,381 USD | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 2,433 USD | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 2,661 USD | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 2,577 USD | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 2,628 USD | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 2,631 USD | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 2,691 USD | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 2,699 USD | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,705 USD | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,705 USD | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,671 USD | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 2,746 USD | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,623 USD | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 2,515 USD | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 2,519 USD | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,556 USD | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 2,627 USD | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 2,781 USD | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 2,854 USD | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 2,875 USD | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2,888 USD | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,857 USD | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 2,883 USD | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 2,849 USD | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,799 USD | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 2,808 USD | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,855 USD | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 2,889 USD | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,947 USD | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,961 USD | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,986 USD | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,772 USD | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 2,666 USD | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 2,655 USD | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,651 USD | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,695 USD | +1.6% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 2,695 USD is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,008 USD, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 2,695 USD is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,822 USD, 56% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) 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% | 1,547 USD | 2,019 USD |
| 1983 | +28.7% | 1,948 USD | 2,508 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,723 USD | 1,363 USD | 2,044 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,283 USD | 1,769 USD | 2,614 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,640 USD | 2,433 USD | 2,705 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,698 USD | 2,515 USD | 2,888 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,883 USD | 2,799 USD | 2,986 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,688 USD | 2,651 USD | 2,772 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 162 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,994 USD compare
- 163 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,886 USD compare
- 163 Laos 2,886 USD compare
- 166 Honduras 2,574 USD compare
- 167 Papua New Guinea 2,524 USD compare
- 168 Nigeria 2,482 USD compare
More economy & growth data for Vanuatu
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -35.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Vanuatu?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Vanuatu was 2,695 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 2,986 USD in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,363 USD in 1972.
- How does Vanuatu rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Vanuatu ranks 165th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).