Vanuatu — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Vanuatu, 1979–2025.
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%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 29 of 36 economies; Papua New Guinea (3,020) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 20% in 1984. That is 12% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1979 level: doubled by 2007. Doubling roughly every 24 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 86th of 153 in 1979 → 94th of 163 in 1980 → 115th of 192 in 1990 → 121st of 204 in 2000 → 144th of 212 in 2010 → 146th of 210 in 2020 → 128th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1979 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,038.74 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 3,959.88 | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 3,708.19 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 3,679.54 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 3,576.14 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 3,404.3 | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 3,635.62 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 3,626.19 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,585.32 | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 3,339.83 | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 3,214.42 | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 3,378.36 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 3,392.57 | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 3,004.78 | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 3,163.19 | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 2,815.19 | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 2,546.38 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 2,603.61 | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 2,333.71 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 2,034.79 | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 1,873.99 | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 1,774.32 | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 1,566.51 | +16.8% |
| 2002 | 1,340.72 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,350.18 | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 1,460.24 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,472.18 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,470.97 | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 1,562.03 | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 1,529.28 | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 1,491.79 | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 1,430.99 | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 1,257.29 | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 1,343.69 | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,326.37 | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 1,140.59 | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 1,066.63 | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 1,125.01 | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 1,016.6 | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 946 | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 1,011.51 | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 1,136.68 | +20.1% |
| 1983 | 946.71 | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 946.02 | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 962.22 | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 1,047.77 | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 1,055.01 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Vanuatu’s GDP per capita in 1980?
1,047.77 (1980). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Vanuatu’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Vanuatu’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1979 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +282.8% in total — about 3.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 4,038.74; 2024: 3,959.88; 2023: 3,708.19; 2022: 3,679.54; 2021: 3,576.14. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.