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Vanuatu — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Vanuatu, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
58.11%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -24.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Vanuatu was 58.11% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 77.13% in 2002. The lowest was 58.04% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.80% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 118 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Vanuatu sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
58.11%
First (1990)
76.99%
Change
-24.5%
Highest
77.13%
in 2002
Lowest
58.04%
in 2020
Average
69.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.80%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.11% |
| 2024 | 58.35% |
| 2023 | 58.4% |
| 2022 | 58.43% |
| 2021 | 58.28% |
| 2020 | 58.04% |
| 2019 | 58.6% |
| 2018 | 59.25% |
| 2017 | 59.91% |
| 2016 | 60.56% |
| 2015 | 61.21% |
| 2014 | 61.85% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.