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Vanuatu — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Vanuatu, 1979–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4,039
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +282.8% since 1979
GDP per capita for Vanuatu was 4,039 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 47 years, from 1979 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 946 in 1986 (about 4.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.96% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 150 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Vanuatu sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4,039
First (1979)
1,055
Change
+282.8%
Highest
4,039
in 2025
Lowest
946
in 1986
Average
2,121
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.96%
Years of data
47
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,038.74 |
| 2024 | 3,959.88 |
| 2023 | 3,708.19 |
| 2022 | 3,679.54 |
| 2021 | 3,576.14 |
| 2020 | 3,404.3 |
| 2019 | 3,635.62 |
| 2018 | 3,626.19 |
| 2017 | 3,585.32 |
| 2016 | 3,339.83 |
| 2015 | 3,214.42 |
| 2014 | 3,378.36 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.