Vanuatu — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Vanuatu, 1979–2025.
GDP for Vanuatu was 1.35 billion 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 113.78 million in 1981 (about 11.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.42% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 198 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Vanuatu sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 58%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 26 of 36 economies; Samoa (1.29 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 23% in 1984. That is 24% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1979 level: doubled by 1995; grown tenfold by 2024. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 138th of 153 in 1979 → 149th of 163 in 1980 → 181st of 192 in 1990 → 195th of 204 in 2000 → 202nd of 212 in 2010 → 195th of 210 in 2020 → 174th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1979 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,353,658,840.64 | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 1,297,956,614.78 | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 1,188,137,265.19 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,151,863,789.77 | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1,093,826,088.94 | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 1,017,403,362.8 | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 1,061,547,512.69 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,034,402,941.04 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 998,536,154.88 | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 908,725,512.79 | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 855,360,239.61 | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 879,185,478.5 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 863,347,171.91 | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 747,839,697.75 | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 770,153,588.22 | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 670,712,979.68 | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 592,622,319.15 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 590,748,429.4 | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 516,392,922.51 | +17.5% |
| 2006 | 439,358,586.54 | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 394,962,433.03 | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 364,996,869.13 | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 314,471,413 | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 262,596,535.55 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 257,926,881.72 | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 272,014,627.84 | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 268,006,972.69 | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 262,293,410.71 | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 272,771,209.11 | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 261,370,044.49 | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 249,333,250.08 | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 233,701,301.49 | +16.6% |
| 1993 | 200,491,853.17 | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 209,088,824.61 | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 201,334,169.05 | +19.2% |
| 1990 | 168,879,207.24 | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 154,013,202.12 | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 158,351,368.43 | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 139,464,173.55 | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 126,498,935.34 | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 131,856,420.7 | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 144,482,515.37 | +23.1% |
| 1983 | 117,389,554.19 | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 114,501,912.52 | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 113,781,795.82 | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 121,185,497.57 | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 119,258,835.34 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Vanuatu’s GDP in 1980?
121,185,497.57 (1980). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Vanuatu’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1979 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1035.1% in total — about 5.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 1,353,658,840.64; 2024: 1,297,956,614.78; 2023: 1,188,137,265.19; 2022: 1,151,863,789.77; 2021: 1,093,826,088.94. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.