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Vanuatu — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Vanuatu, 1980–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.05%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +126.8% since 1980
GDP growth for Vanuatu was 3.05% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1980 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.70% in 1990. The lowest was -11.40% in 1980 (about -3.7× the latest value).
Vanuatu ranks 113 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 53%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so Vanuatu sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 74% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.05%
First (1980)
-11.40%
Change
+126.8%
Highest
11.70%
in 1990
Lowest
-11.40%
in 1980
Average
2.41%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
46
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 3.77% |
| 2023 | 5.83% |
| 2022 | 5.59% |
| 2021 | -1.16% |
| 2020 | -5.73% |
| 2019 | 3.28% |
| 2018 | 2.52% |
| 2017 | 4.22% |
| 2016 | 3.62% |
| 2015 | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 3.11% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.